How To Install python-pkginfo on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pkginfo on Debian 9.
What is python-pkginfo
python-pkginfo is:
This package provides an API for querying the distutils metadata written in the PKG-INFO file inside a source distribution (an sdist), or into the EGG-INFO directory of an installed distribution.
This package contains the Python 2 version of the library
There are three methods to install python-pkginfo on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-pkginfo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pkginfo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pkginfo
Install python-pkginfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pkginfo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pkginfo
Install python-pkginfo Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pkginfo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pkginfo
How To Uninstall python-pkginfo on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-pkginfo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pkginfo
Uninstall python-pkginfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pkginfo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pkginfo
Remove python-pkginfo Configurations and Data
To remove python-pkginfo configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pkginfo
Remove python-pkginfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pkginfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pkginfo
Dependencies
python-pkginfo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pkginfo package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
