How To Install python-chm on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-chm on Debian 10.
What is python-chm
python-chm is:
PyCHM is a package that provides Python binding for Jed Wing’s CHMLIB library.
The chm package contains four modules, namely chm.chm, chm.chmlib, chm.extra and chm._chmlib, which provide access to the API implemented by the C library chmlib and some additional classes and functions. They are used to access MS-ITSS encoded files - Compressed Html Help files (.chm).
There are three methods to install python-chm 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-chm 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-chm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-chm
Install python-chm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-chm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-chm
Install python-chm 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-chm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-chm
How To Uninstall python-chm on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-chm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-chm
Uninstall python-chm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-chm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-chm
Remove python-chm Configurations and Data
To remove python-chm configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-chm
Remove python-chm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-chm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-chm
Dependencies
python-chm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-chm package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
