How To Install python-gtksourceview2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gtksourceview2 on Debian 9.
What is python-gtksourceview2
python-gtksourceview2 is:
GtkSourceView is a text widget that extends the standard GTK+ 2.x text widget GtkTextView. It improves GtkTextView by implementing syntax highlighting and other features typical of a source editor.
This package contains the Python bindings for GtkSourceView, and allows to write Python programs that use the GtkSourceView widget.
There are three methods to install python-gtksourceview2 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-gtksourceview2 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-gtksourceview2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gtksourceview2
Install python-gtksourceview2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gtksourceview2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gtksourceview2
Install python-gtksourceview2 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-gtksourceview2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gtksourceview2
How To Uninstall python-gtksourceview2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-gtksourceview2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gtksourceview2
Uninstall python-gtksourceview2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gtksourceview2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gtksourceview2
Remove python-gtksourceview2 Configurations and Data
To remove python-gtksourceview2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gtksourceview2
Remove python-gtksourceview2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gtksourceview2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gtksourceview2
Dependencies
python-gtksourceview2 have the following dependencies:
- python
- python
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libgtksourceview2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- python-gobject-2
- python-gtk2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gtksourceview2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.