How To Install python-qwt on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-qwt on Debian 9. python-qwt is Pure Python implementation of Qwt - Python 2

Introduction

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

What is python-qwt

python-qwt is:

The qwt package is a pure Python implementation of Qwt C++ library with the following limitations.

The following Qwt classes won’t be reimplemented in qwt because most powerful features already exist in guiqwt:

  • QwtPlotZoomer
  • QwtCounter
  • QwtEventPattern
  • QwtPicker
  • QwtPlotPicker

QwtClipper is not implemented yet (and it will probably be very difficult or impossible to implement it in pure Python without performance issues). As a consequence, when zooming in a plot curve, the entire curve is still painted (in other words, when working with large amount of data, there is no performance gain when zooming in).

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-qwt

Install python-qwt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-qwt

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-qwt

How To Uninstall python-qwt on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-qwt

Uninstall python-qwt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-qwt

Remove python-qwt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-qwt

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-qwt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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