How To Install python-configglue on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-configglue on Debian 9. python-configglue is Glues together optparse.OptionParser and ConfigParser.ConfigParser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-configglue on Debian 9.

What is python-configglue

python-configglue is:

Configglue is a library that glues together python’s optparse.OptionParser and ConfigParser.ConfigParser, so that the same options can be exported to a configuration file and a commandline interface.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-configglue

Install python-configglue Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-configglue

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-configglue

How To Uninstall python-configglue on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-configglue

Uninstall python-configglue And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-configglue and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-configglue

Remove python-configglue Configurations and Data

To remove python-configglue configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-configglue

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-configglue have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-configglue package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.