How To Install python-cookiecutter on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cookiecutter on Debian 9. python-cookiecutter is create projects from project templates (Python 2 module)

Introduction

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

What is python-cookiecutter

python-cookiecutter is:

Cookiecutter is command-line utility that creates projects from project templates, e.g. creating a Python package project from a Python package project template.

It can also be used as a Python module. It supports local and remote templates. The templating is done with Jinja2 and there is no limitation on the language used by the templated projects (Python, Ruby, Javascript, C, HTML, Postscript…).

This package contains the Python 2 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-cookiecutter

Install python-cookiecutter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-cookiecutter

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-cookiecutter

How To Uninstall python-cookiecutter on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-cookiecutter

Uninstall python-cookiecutter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cookiecutter

Remove python-cookiecutter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-cookiecutter

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-cookiecutter have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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