How To Install python-nxt on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nxt
on Debian 9.
What is python-nxt
python-nxt is:
NXT-Python is a package for controlling a LEGO NXT robot using the Python programming language. It can communicate using either USB or Bluetooth.
There are three methods to install python-nxt
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-nxt 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-nxt
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-nxt
Install python-nxt Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-nxt
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-nxt
Install python-nxt 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-nxt
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-nxt
How To Uninstall python-nxt on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-nxt
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-nxt
Uninstall python-nxt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-nxt
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-nxt
Remove python-nxt Configurations and Data
To remove python-nxt
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-nxt
Remove python-nxt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-nxt
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-nxt
Dependencies
python-nxt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nxt
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.