How To Install python3-wand on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-wand on Debian 9.
What is python3-wand
python3-wand is:
Wand is a ctypes-based simple ImageMagick binding for Python. It doesn’t cover all functionalities of MagickWand API currently.
Wand provides Pythonic and modern interfaces, good documentation, binding through ctypes (which works on PyPy) and installation using pip or easy_install.
This module is built for Python version 3.x.
There are three methods to install python3-wand 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-wand 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-wand using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-wand
Install python3-wand Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-wand using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-wand
Install python3-wand 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-wand using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-wand
How To Uninstall python3-wand on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python3-wand package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-wand
Uninstall python3-wand And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-wand and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-wand
Remove python3-wand Configurations and Data
To remove python3-wand configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-wand
Remove python3-wand configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-wand configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-wand
Dependencies
python3-wand have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-wand package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
