How To Install python-pyssim on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyssim on Debian 9. python-pyssim is Tool computing the Structural Similarity Image Metric (SSIM)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyssim on Debian 9.

What is python-pyssim

python-pyssim is:

Computes the SSIM between two images.

This package installs the library for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pyssim

Install python-pyssim Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pyssim

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pyssim

How To Uninstall python-pyssim on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pyssim

Uninstall python-pyssim And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-pyssim and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyssim

Remove python-pyssim Configurations and Data

To remove python-pyssim configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyssim

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pyssim have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyssim package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.