How To Install python3-dirspec on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dirspec on Debian 9. python3-dirspec is Python User Folders Specification Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dirspec on Debian 9.

What is python3-dirspec

python3-dirspec is:

A library for handling the XDG Base Directory specification, and the XDG User Directories for music, videos, etc??

This package contains the Python 3.x version of the library.

There are three methods to install python3-dirspec 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 python3-dirspec Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-dirspec using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-dirspec

Install python3-dirspec Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-dirspec using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-dirspec

Install python3-dirspec 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 python3-dirspec using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-dirspec

How To Uninstall python3-dirspec on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python3-dirspec package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-dirspec

Uninstall python3-dirspec And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-dirspec and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dirspec

Remove python3-dirspec Configurations and Data

To remove python3-dirspec configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dirspec

Remove python3-dirspec configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-dirspec configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-dirspec

Dependencies

python3-dirspec have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dirspec package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.