How To Install sip-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sip-tools on Debian 12.
What is sip-tools
sip-tools is:
SIP is a collection of tools that makes it very easy to create Python bindings for C and C++ libraries.
This package contains the following command line tools:
- sip-build
- sip-distinfo
- sip-install
- sip-module
- sip-sdist
- sip-wheel
There are three methods to install sip-tools 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 sip-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sip-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sip-tools
Install sip-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sip-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sip-tools
Install sip-tools 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 sip-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sip-tools
How To Uninstall sip-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the sip-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sip-tools
Uninstall sip-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sip-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sip-tools
Remove sip-tools Configurations and Data
To remove sip-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sip-tools
Remove sip-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sip-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sip-tools
Dependencies
sip-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sip-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
