How To Install python-tktreectrl on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-tktreectrl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-tktreectrl is Tkinter-based wrapper for Tk TreeCtrl

Introduction

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

What is python-tktreectrl

python-tktreectrl is:

The TkTreectrl module provides a widget for Tkinter-based GUIs that presents a tree as known for representations e.g. of a file system. Technically, it wraps the treectrl Tk extension for use with Python/Tkinter.

The package adds Treectrl, MultiListbox, ScrolledTreectrl, ScrolledMultiListbox and ScrolledWidget into the current namespace of a Python 2 instance.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-tktreectrl

Install python-tktreectrl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-tktreectrl

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-tktreectrl

How To Uninstall python-tktreectrl on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-tktreectrl

Uninstall python-tktreectrl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-tktreectrl

Remove python-tktreectrl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-tktreectrl

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-tktreectrl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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