How To Install python-ubuntutools on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ubuntutools on Debian 9. python-ubuntutools is useful library of APIs for Ubuntu developer tools (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-ubuntutools

python-ubuntutools is:

This package ships a collection of APIs, helpers and wrappers used to develop useful utilities for Ubuntu developers.

Python 2 variant.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-ubuntutools

Install python-ubuntutools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-ubuntutools

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-ubuntutools

How To Uninstall python-ubuntutools on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-ubuntutools

Uninstall python-ubuntutools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ubuntutools

Remove python-ubuntutools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-ubuntutools

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-ubuntutools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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