How To Install python-traits on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-traits
on Debian 10.
What is python-traits
python-traits is:
The traits package provides a metaclass with special attributes that are called traits. A trait is a type definition that can be used for normal Python object attributes, giving the attributes some additional characteristics:
- Initialization: A trait attribute can have a default value
- Validation: A trait attribute is manifestly typed.
- Delegation: The value of a trait attribute can be contained in another object
- Notification: Setting the value of a trait attribute can fired callbacks
- Visualization: With the TraitsUI package, GUIs can be generated automatically from traited objects.
This is the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-traits
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-traits 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-traits
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-traits
Install python-traits Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-traits
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-traits
Install python-traits 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-traits
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-traits
How To Uninstall python-traits on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-traits
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-traits
Uninstall python-traits And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-traits
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-traits
Remove python-traits Configurations and Data
To remove python-traits
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-traits
Remove python-traits configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-traits
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-traits
Dependencies
python-traits have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-traits
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.