How To Install python-libxslt1 on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-libxslt1 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-libxslt1 is Python bindings for libxslt1

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libxslt1 on Debian 10.

What is python-libxslt1

python-libxslt1 is:

XSLT is an XML language for defining transformations of XML files from XML to some other arbitrary format, such as XML, HTML, plain text, etc. using standard XSLT stylesheets. libxslt is a C library which implements XSLT version 1.0.

This package contains Python bindings for libxslt, needed to use libxslt in Python programs.

There are three methods to install python-libxslt1 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-libxslt1 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-libxslt1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-libxslt1

Install python-libxslt1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-libxslt1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-libxslt1

Install python-libxslt1 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-libxslt1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-libxslt1

How To Uninstall python-libxslt1 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-libxslt1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-libxslt1

Uninstall python-libxslt1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-libxslt1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libxslt1

Remove python-libxslt1 Configurations and Data

To remove python-libxslt1 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-libxslt1

Remove python-libxslt1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-libxslt1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libxslt1

Dependencies

python-libxslt1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libxslt1 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.