How To Install pythoncard on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pythoncard on Debian 9.
What is pythoncard
pythoncard is:
PythonCard is a GUI construction framework for building cross-platform desktop applications on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, using the Python language. It is based on the wxPython bindings for the wxWidgets toolkit (formerly known as wxWindows).
This is a meta-package which is intended to be used by developers who want the entire upstream distribution available to them. Maintainers of other packages that rely on PythonCard functionality should consider depending on one or more of the related packages (python-pythoncard, pythoncard-tools) as needed instead of this meta-package.
There are three methods to install pythoncard 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 pythoncard Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pythoncard using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pythoncard
Install pythoncard Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pythoncard using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pythoncard
Install pythoncard 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 pythoncard using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pythoncard
How To Uninstall pythoncard on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pythoncard package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pythoncard
Uninstall pythoncard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pythoncard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pythoncard
Remove pythoncard Configurations and Data
To remove pythoncard configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pythoncard
Remove pythoncard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pythoncard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pythoncard
Dependencies
pythoncard have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pythoncard package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
