How To Install python-pychart on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pychart
on Debian 10.
What is python-pychart
python-pychart is:
PyChart is a Python library for creating high quality Encapsulated Postscript, PDF, PNG, or SVG charts. It currently supports line plots, bar plots, range-fill plots, and pie charts. Because it is based on Python, you can make full use of Python’s scripting power.
You need to have ghostscript installed for PNG generation and X11 displaying.
There are three methods to install python-pychart
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-pychart 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-pychart
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pychart
Install python-pychart Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pychart
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pychart
Install python-pychart 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-pychart
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pychart
How To Uninstall python-pychart on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-pychart
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pychart
Uninstall python-pychart And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pychart
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pychart
Remove python-pychart Configurations and Data
To remove python-pychart
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pychart
Remove python-pychart configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pychart
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pychart
Dependencies
python-pychart have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pychart
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.