How To Install python-ptk on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-ptk on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-ptk is parser for Python 2 with support for asynchronous input

Introduction

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

What is python-ptk

python-ptk is:

PTK implements LR(1) parsing in Python. Compared to compiled tools like Bison, it attempts to spare programmer’s time. Python sources describe both the grammar and the callbacks, avoiding code generation. Various inputs are accepted: Python 3 asynchronous streams, PyZipFile archives, Twisted Deferred objects.

This package installs the library for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-ptk 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-ptk 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-ptk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-ptk

Install python-ptk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-ptk

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-ptk

How To Uninstall python-ptk on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-ptk

Uninstall python-ptk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ptk

Remove python-ptk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-ptk

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-ptk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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