How To Install python-enable on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-enable on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-enable is Drawing and interaction packages

Introduction

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

What is python-enable

python-enable is:

The Enable project provides two related multi-platform packages for drawing GUI objects.

  • Enable: An object drawing library that supports containment and event notification.
  • Kiva: A multi-platform DisplayPDF vector drawing engine.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-enable

Install python-enable Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-enable

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-enable

How To Uninstall python-enable on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-enable

Uninstall python-enable And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-enable

Remove python-enable Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-enable

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-enable have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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