How To Install python-dirspec on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-dirspec on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-dirspec is Python User Folders Specification Library

Introduction

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

What is python-dirspec

python-dirspec is:

A library for handling the XDG Base Directory specification, and the XDG User Directories for music, videos, etc??

This package contains the Python 2.x version of the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-dirspec

Install python-dirspec Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-dirspec

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-dirspec

How To Uninstall python-dirspec on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-dirspec

Uninstall python-dirspec And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-dirspec

Remove python-dirspec Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-dirspec

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-dirspec have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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