How To Install python-whichcraft on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-whichcraft on Debian 9.
What is python-whichcraft
python-whichcraft is:
This is a shim of the “shutil.which” function that’s designed to work across multiple versions of Python and inside of Windows. The code for Python 2.x is based on Python 3 code.
This package contains the Python 2 module.
There are three methods to install python-whichcraft 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-whichcraft 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-whichcraft using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-whichcraft
Install python-whichcraft Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-whichcraft using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-whichcraft
Install python-whichcraft 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-whichcraft using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-whichcraft
How To Uninstall python-whichcraft on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-whichcraft package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-whichcraft
Uninstall python-whichcraft And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-whichcraft and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-whichcraft
Remove python-whichcraft Configurations and Data
To remove python-whichcraft configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-whichcraft
Remove python-whichcraft configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-whichcraft configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-whichcraft
Dependencies
python-whichcraft have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-whichcraft package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
