How To Install python-notify on Debian 10

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

Introduction

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

What is python-notify

python-notify is:

libnotify sends desktop notifications to a notification daemon, as defined in the Desktop Notifications spec. These notifications can be used to inform the user about an event or display some form of information without getting in the user’s way.

python-notify provides just the Python bindings for libnotify.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-notify

Install python-notify Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-notify

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-notify

How To Uninstall python-notify on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-notify

Uninstall python-notify And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-notify

Remove python-notify Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-notify

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-notify have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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