How To Install python-imaging on Debian 9

Introduction

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

What is python-imaging

python-imaging is:

PIL used to provide a PIL.pth file which allowed you to import Image but this is deprecated. Use from PIL import Image now, or install this compatibility package to temporarily get the old behavior back.

This compatibility package is built for Python 2 only.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-imaging

Install python-imaging Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-imaging

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-imaging

How To Uninstall python-imaging on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-imaging

Uninstall python-imaging And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-imaging

Remove python-imaging Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-imaging

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-imaging have the following dependencies:

• python

References

• python-imaging website

Summary

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