How To Install python-pyfiglet on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyfiglet
on Debian 9.
What is python-pyfiglet
python-pyfiglet is:
FIGLet is a program that creates large characters out of ordinary screen characters. It takes ASCII text and renders it in ASCII art fonts.
This is a Python port of the original C figlet. It can be used on the commandline or as an Object Oriented driver library in your own programs.
There are three methods to install python-pyfiglet
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-pyfiglet 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-pyfiglet
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pyfiglet
Install python-pyfiglet Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pyfiglet
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pyfiglet
Install python-pyfiglet 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-pyfiglet
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pyfiglet
How To Uninstall python-pyfiglet on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-pyfiglet
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pyfiglet
Uninstall python-pyfiglet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pyfiglet
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyfiglet
Remove python-pyfiglet Configurations and Data
To remove python-pyfiglet
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyfiglet
Remove python-pyfiglet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pyfiglet
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyfiglet
Dependencies
python-pyfiglet have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyfiglet
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.