How To Install python-optcomplete on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-optcomplete on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-optcomplete is provide bash-completion for Python programs

Introduction

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

What is python-optcomplete

python-optcomplete is:

provides almost automatically shell completion for any Python program that uses the optparse module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-optcomplete

Install python-optcomplete Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-optcomplete

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-optcomplete

How To Uninstall python-optcomplete on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-optcomplete

Uninstall python-optcomplete And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-optcomplete

Remove python-optcomplete Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-optcomplete

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-optcomplete have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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