How To Install python-pyscss on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pyscss on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pyscss is SCSS compiler - Python 2.x

Introduction

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

What is python-pyscss

python-pyscss is:

pyScss compiles Scss (Sass), a superset of CSS that is more powerful, elegant and easier to maintain than plain-vanilla CSS. The library acts as a CSS source code preprocesor which allows you to use variables, nested rules, mixins, and have inheritance of rules, all with a CSS-compatible syntax which the preprocessor then compiles to standard CSS.

This package provides the Python 2.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pyscss

Install python-pyscss Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pyscss

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pyscss

How To Uninstall python-pyscss on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pyscss

Uninstall python-pyscss And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyscss

Remove python-pyscss Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyscss

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pyscss have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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