How To Install pymacs on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pymacs on Debian 9.
What is pymacs
pymacs is:
Pymacs is a powerful tool which, once started from Emacs, allows both-way communication between Emacs Lisp and Python. Pymacs aims Python as an extension language for Emacs rather than the other way around, and this asymmetry is reflected in some design choices. Within Emacs Lisp code, one may load and use Python modules. Python functions may themselves use Emacs services, and handle Emacs Lisp objects kept in Emacs Lisp space.
There are three methods to install pymacs 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 pymacs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pymacs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pymacs
Install pymacs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pymacs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pymacs
Install pymacs 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 pymacs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pymacs
How To Uninstall pymacs on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pymacs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pymacs
Uninstall pymacs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pymacs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pymacs
Remove pymacs Configurations and Data
To remove pymacs configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pymacs
Remove pymacs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pymacs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pymacs
Dependencies
pymacs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pymacs package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.