How To Install python-breathe on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-breathe on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-breathe is Sphinx autodox support for languages with doxygen support (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-breathe on Debian 10.

What is python-breathe

python-breathe is:

Breathe provides a bridge between the Sphinx and doxygen documentation systems. It enables Sphinx to generate autodoc for languages other than Python with the help of doxygen. It also allows one to embed reStructuredText in doxygen markup.

This package provides the module for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-breathe 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 python-breathe Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-breathe

Install python-breathe Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-breathe

Install python-breathe 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 python-breathe using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-breathe

How To Uninstall python-breathe on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-breathe package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-breathe

Uninstall python-breathe And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-breathe

Remove python-breathe Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-breathe

Remove python-breathe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-breathe

Dependencies

python-breathe have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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