How To Install python-pygccxml on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pygccxml on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pygccxml is specialized XML reader reads the output from gccxml - python2 lib

Introduction

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

What is python-pygccxml

python-pygccxml is:

The purpose of pygccxml is to read a generated file and provide a simple framework to navigate C++ declarations using Python classes.

This package provides the Python 2 module that can be imported for uses.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pygccxml

Install python-pygccxml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pygccxml

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pygccxml

How To Uninstall python-pygccxml on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pygccxml

Uninstall python-pygccxml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pygccxml

Remove python-pygccxml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pygccxml

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pygccxml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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