How To Install python-gflags on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gflags on Debian 9. python-gflags is implementation of the Google command line flags module - Python 2.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gflags on Debian 9.

What is python-gflags

python-gflags is:

GFlags defines a distributed command line system, replacing systems like getopt(), optparse and manual argument processing. Rather than an application having to define all flags in or near main(), each Python module defines flags that are useful to it. When one Python module imports another, it gains access to the other’s flags.

It includes the ability to define flag types (boolean, float, integer, list), autogeneration of help (in both human and machine readable format) and reading arguments from a file. It also includes the ability to automatically generate man pages from the help flags.

This package provides the Python 2.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-gflags

Install python-gflags Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-gflags

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-gflags

How To Uninstall python-gflags on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-gflags

Uninstall python-gflags And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-gflags and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gflags

Remove python-gflags Configurations and Data

To remove python-gflags configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-gflags

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-gflags have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gflags package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.