How To Install python3-pystray on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pystray on Debian 12.
What is python3-pystray
python3-pystray is:
This package installs pystray for Python 3. Pystray is a Python library to create system tray icons.
Pystray allows specifying an icon, a title and a callback for when the icon is activated. The icon and title can be changed after the icon has been created, and the visibility of the icon can be toggled.
It supports Linux under Xorg, GNOME and Ubuntu, macOS and Windows.
There are three methods to install python3-pystray on Debian 12. 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-pystray 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-pystray using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pystray
Install python3-pystray Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pystray using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pystray
Install python3-pystray 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-pystray using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pystray
How To Uninstall python3-pystray on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-pystray package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pystray
Uninstall python3-pystray And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pystray and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pystray
Remove python3-pystray Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pystray configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pystray
Remove python3-pystray configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pystray configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pystray
Dependencies
python3-pystray have the following dependencies:
- gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator3-0.1
- gir1.2-glib-2.0
- gir1.2-gtk-3.0
- python3-gi
- python3-pil
- python3-six
- python3-xlib
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pystray package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
