How To Install python-curtsies on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-curtsies on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-curtsies is library for terminal interaction (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-curtsies

python-curtsies is:

Curtsies is a library for interacting with the terminal. It features string-like objects which carry formatting information, per-line fullscreen terminal rendering, and keyboard input event reporting.

This package provides the module for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-curtsies

Install python-curtsies Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-curtsies

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-curtsies

How To Uninstall python-curtsies on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-curtsies

Uninstall python-curtsies And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-curtsies

Remove python-curtsies Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-curtsies

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-curtsies have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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