How To Install python-brlapi on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-brlapi on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-brlapi is Braille display access via BRLTTY - Python bindings

Introduction

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

What is python-brlapi

python-brlapi is:

BRLTTY is a daemon which provides access to the console (text mode) for a blind person using a braille display. It drives the braille display and provides complete screen review functionality.

BrlAPI is a library which gives an application access to a braille display and lets it write braille.

This package provides Python 2.x bindings for BrlAPI.

There are three methods to install python-brlapi 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-brlapi 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-brlapi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-brlapi

Install python-brlapi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-brlapi

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-brlapi

How To Uninstall python-brlapi on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-brlapi

Uninstall python-brlapi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-brlapi

Remove python-brlapi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-brlapi

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-brlapi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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