How To Install python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder is extension to build reST (reStructuredText) files with Sphinx (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder

python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder is:

This extension is in particular useful to use in combination with the autodoc extension. In this combination, autodoc generates the documentation based on docstrings, and restbuilder outputs the result are reStructuredText (.rst) files.

In order to use it, add sphinxcontrib.restbuilder into the extensions list of your Sphinx configuration file (conf.py)

This package contains the Python 2 version.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder

Install python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder

Install python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder 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-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder

How To Uninstall python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder

Uninstall python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder

Remove python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder

Remove python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder

Dependencies

python-sphinxcontrib.restbuilder have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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