How To Install python-cxx-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cxx-dev on Debian 9.
What is python-cxx-dev
python-cxx-dev is:
PyCXX is a set of C++ facilities to make it easier to write Python3 extensions. The main advantage is that it greatly increases the probability that your program will not make a reference-counting errors and will not have to continually check error returns from the Python C API.
This package contains the Python headers and sources.
There are three methods to install python-cxx-dev 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-cxx-dev 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-cxx-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-cxx-dev
Install python-cxx-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-cxx-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-cxx-dev
Install python-cxx-dev 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-cxx-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-cxx-dev
How To Uninstall python-cxx-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-cxx-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-cxx-dev
Uninstall python-cxx-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-cxx-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cxx-dev
Remove python-cxx-dev Configurations and Data
To remove python-cxx-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-cxx-dev
Remove python-cxx-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-cxx-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-cxx-dev
Dependencies
python-cxx-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cxx-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.