How To Install python-pythonmagick on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pythonmagick on Debian 9.
What is python-pythonmagick
python-pythonmagick is:
PythonMagick an interface to ImageMagick to give all the functionality of ImageMagick++ into Python.
ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (over 100) including DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, SVG, and TIFF. Use ImageMagick to translate, flip, mirror, rotate, scale, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and B?zier curves. All manipulations can be achieved through shell commands as well as through an X11 graphical interface (display).
There are three methods to install python-pythonmagick 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-pythonmagick 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-pythonmagick using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pythonmagick
Install python-pythonmagick Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pythonmagick using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pythonmagick
Install python-pythonmagick 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-pythonmagick using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pythonmagick
How To Uninstall python-pythonmagick on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-pythonmagick package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pythonmagick
Uninstall python-pythonmagick And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pythonmagick and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pythonmagick
Remove python-pythonmagick Configurations and Data
To remove python-pythonmagick configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pythonmagick
Remove python-pythonmagick configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pythonmagick configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pythonmagick
Dependencies
python-pythonmagick have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pythonmagick package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
