How To Install python-measurement on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-measurement on Debian 9. python-measurement is unit-aware measurement objects (Python2 version)

Introduction

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

What is python-measurement

python-measurement is:

Easily use and manipulate unit-aware measurement objects in Python.

django.contrib.gis.measure has these wonderful Distance objects that can be used not only for storing a unit-aware distance measurement, but also for converting between different units and adding/subtracting these objects from one another.

This module not only provides those Distance and Area measurement objects (courtesy of Django), but also other measurements including Weight, Volume, and Temperature.

This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-measurement

Install python-measurement Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-measurement

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-measurement

How To Uninstall python-measurement on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-measurement

Uninstall python-measurement And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-measurement

Remove python-measurement Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-measurement

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-measurement have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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