How To Install python-wnck on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-wnck on Debian 9.
What is python-wnck
python-wnck is:
This package contains a module that allows one to communicate with the Window Manager using the EWMH specification from Python applications.
There are three methods to install python-wnck 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-wnck 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-wnck using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-wnck
Install python-wnck Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-wnck using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-wnck
Install python-wnck 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-wnck using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-wnck
How To Uninstall python-wnck on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-wnck package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-wnck
Uninstall python-wnck And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-wnck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-wnck
Remove python-wnck Configurations and Data
To remove python-wnck configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-wnck
Remove python-wnck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-wnck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-wnck
Dependencies
python-wnck have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango1.0-0
- libwnck22
- python
- python
- python-gtk2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-wnck package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
