How To Install python-power on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-power on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-power is Python module to get power and battery status (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-power on Debian 10.

What is python-power

python-power is:

This is Python module that allows you to get power and battery status of the system.

Using this module, Python programs which read power status can be written in platform independent way.

This module is built for Python version 2.x.

There are three methods to install python-power on Debian 10. 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-power 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-power using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-power

Install python-power Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-power using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-power

Install python-power 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-power using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-power

How To Uninstall python-power on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-power package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-power

Uninstall python-power And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-power and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-power

Remove python-power Configurations and Data

To remove python-power configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-power

Remove python-power configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-power configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-power

Dependencies

python-power have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-power package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.