How To Install python-pyosmium on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyosmium on Debian 9. python-pyosmium is Osmium library bindings for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyosmium on Debian 9.

What is python-pyosmium

python-pyosmium is:

The PyOsmium module allows you to access some of the features of the Osmium library from Python code.

PyOsmium has extensive support for all types of OSM entities: nodes, ways, relations, and changesets. It allows reading from OSM files in XML and PBF formats, including change files and full history files. Its easy to use handler interface allows you to quickly write data filtering and conversion functions.

This package contains the PyOsmium module for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pyosmium

Install python-pyosmium Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pyosmium

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pyosmium

How To Uninstall python-pyosmium on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pyosmium

Uninstall python-pyosmium And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-pyosmium and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyosmium

Remove python-pyosmium Configurations and Data

To remove python-pyosmium configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyosmium

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pyosmium have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyosmium package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.