How To Install python-d2to1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-d2to1 on Debian 9.
What is python-d2to1
python-d2to1 is:
d2to1 (the ’d’ is for ‘distutils’) allows using distutils2-like setup.cfg files for a package’s metadata with a distribute/setuptools setup.py script. It works by providing a distutils2-formatted setup.cfg file containing all of a package’s metadata, and a very minimal setup.py which will slurp its arguments from the setup.cfg.
This package provides d2to1 on the Python 2 module path. It is complemented by python3-d2to1.
There are three methods to install python-d2to1 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-d2to1 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-d2to1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-d2to1
Install python-d2to1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-d2to1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-d2to1
Install python-d2to1 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-d2to1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-d2to1
How To Uninstall python-d2to1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-d2to1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-d2to1
Uninstall python-d2to1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-d2to1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-d2to1
Remove python-d2to1 Configurations and Data
To remove python-d2to1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-d2to1
Remove python-d2to1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-d2to1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-d2to1
Dependencies
python-d2to1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-d2to1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.