How To Install python-pysrt on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pysrt on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pysrt is library to edit or create SubRip files (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-pysrt

python-pysrt is:

pysrt can be used to edit or create SubRip (.srt) subtitle files from Python. It supports parsing, shifting, removing, slicing, spliting and rescaling of these files.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

It also contains the “srt” binary to interact with this library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pysrt

Install python-pysrt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pysrt

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pysrt

How To Uninstall python-pysrt on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pysrt

Uninstall python-pysrt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pysrt

Remove python-pysrt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pysrt

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pysrt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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