How To Install python-igraph on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-igraph on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-igraph is High performance graph data structures and algorithms (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-igraph

python-igraph is:

Python interface to the igraph high performance graph library, primarily aimed at complex network research and analysis.

Graph plotting functionality is provided by the Cairo library, so make sure you install the Python bindings of Cairo if you want to generate publication-quality graph plots.

This package contains the Python 2 version of igraph.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-igraph

Install python-igraph Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-igraph

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-igraph

How To Uninstall python-igraph on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-igraph

Uninstall python-igraph And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-igraph

Remove python-igraph Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-igraph

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-igraph have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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