How To Install sphinxcontrib-autoprogram on Debian 10

Learn how to install sphinxcontrib-autoprogram on Debian 10 with this tutorial. sphinxcontrib-autoprogram is automated documentation of CLI programs for Sphinx (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sphinxcontrib-autoprogram on Debian 10.

What is sphinxcontrib-autoprogram

sphinxcontrib-autoprogram is:

This contrib extension, sphinxcontrib.autoprogram, provides an automated way to document CLI programs. It scans argparse.ArgumentParser object, and then expands it into a set of .. program:: and .. option:: directives.

In order to use it, add sphinxcontrib.autoprogram into extensions list of your Sphinx configuration file (conf.py)

This package contains the Python 2 version.

There are three methods to install sphinxcontrib-autoprogram on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sphinxcontrib-autoprogram Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install sphinxcontrib-autoprogram using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sphinxcontrib-autoprogram

Install sphinxcontrib-autoprogram Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sphinxcontrib-autoprogram

Install sphinxcontrib-autoprogram 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 sphinxcontrib-autoprogram using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sphinxcontrib-autoprogram

How To Uninstall sphinxcontrib-autoprogram on Debian 10

To uninstall only the sphinxcontrib-autoprogram package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sphinxcontrib-autoprogram

Uninstall sphinxcontrib-autoprogram And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sphinxcontrib-autoprogram and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sphinxcontrib-autoprogram

Remove sphinxcontrib-autoprogram Configurations and Data

To remove sphinxcontrib-autoprogram configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sphinxcontrib-autoprogram

Remove sphinxcontrib-autoprogram configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sphinxcontrib-autoprogram

Dependencies

sphinxcontrib-autoprogram have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sphinxcontrib-autoprogram package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.