How To Install python-sfml on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sfml on Debian 9.
What is python-sfml
python-sfml is:
SFML is an modern multimedia library offering a wide range of subsystems useful to produce an multimedia application. It offers OpenGL integration for hardware accelerated Graphics, Windowing and input support, audio and network facilities and supports besides GNU/Linux MS Windows and Mac OS X, too.
This package contains the Python 2 bindings for SFML.
There are three methods to install python-sfml 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-sfml 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-sfml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-sfml
Install python-sfml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-sfml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-sfml
Install python-sfml 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-sfml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-sfml
How To Uninstall python-sfml on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-sfml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-sfml
Uninstall python-sfml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-sfml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sfml
Remove python-sfml Configurations and Data
To remove python-sfml configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-sfml
Remove python-sfml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-sfml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-sfml
Dependencies
python-sfml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sfml package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
