How To Install python-dominate on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dominate on Debian 9.
What is python-dominate
python-dominate is:
Dominate is a Python library for creating and manipulating HTML documents using an elegant DOM API. It allows you to write HTML pages in pure Python very concisely, which eliminate the need to learn another template language, and to take advantage of the more powerful features of Python.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-dominate 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-dominate 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-dominate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-dominate
Install python-dominate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-dominate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-dominate
Install python-dominate 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-dominate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-dominate
How To Uninstall python-dominate on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-dominate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-dominate
Uninstall python-dominate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-dominate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-dominate
Remove python-dominate Configurations and Data
To remove python-dominate configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-dominate
Remove python-dominate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-dominate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-dominate
Dependencies
python-dominate have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dominate package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.