How To Install python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa is Ditaa Sphinx extension

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa on Debian 12.

What is python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa

python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa is:

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ASCII art (“drawings” that contain characters that resemble lines, like | / and - ), into proper bitmap graphics.

This extensions allows the plain-text graph in a .rst file to be rendered as a graph drawn by ditaa in sphinx scheme. With this plugin you can focus on the graph itself. ditaa and sphinx convert it automatically.

It supports to render the image into html and pdf targets.

There are three methods to install python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa 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-sphinxcontrib.ditaa 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-sphinxcontrib.ditaa using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa

Install python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa

Install python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa 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-sphinxcontrib.ditaa using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa

How To Uninstall python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa

Uninstall python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa

Remove python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa Configurations and Data

To remove python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa

Remove python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa

Dependencies

python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sphinxcontrib.ditaa package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.