How To Install python-newt on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-newt
on Debian 9.
What is python-newt
python-newt is:
This module allows you to built a text UI for your Python scripts using newt.
There are three methods to install python-newt
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-newt 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-newt
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-newt
Install python-newt Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-newt
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-newt
Install python-newt 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-newt
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-newt
How To Uninstall python-newt on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-newt
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-newt
Uninstall python-newt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-newt
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-newt
Remove python-newt Configurations and Data
To remove python-newt
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-newt
Remove python-newt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-newt
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-newt
Dependencies
python-newt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-newt
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.