How To Install python-power on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-power on Debian 9.
What is python-power
python-power is:
This is Python module that allows you to get power and battery status of the system.
Using this module, Python programs which read power status can be written in platform independent way.
This module is built for Python version 2.x.
There are three methods to install python-power 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-power 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-power using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-power
Install python-power Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-power using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-power
Install python-power 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-power using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-power
How To Uninstall python-power on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-power package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-power
Uninstall python-power And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-power and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-power
Remove python-power Configurations and Data
To remove python-power configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-power
Remove python-power configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-power configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-power
Dependencies
python-power have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-power package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.