How To Install python-pyx on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyx
on Debian 10.
What is python-pyx
python-pyx is:
PyX is a Python 2 module for generating encapsulated PostScript figures using an abstraction of PostScript and TeX.
The module provides access to PostScript features such as paths, line-styles, fill patterns, transformations, and clipping. Geometric operations on paths such as intersections, transformations, and splitting are also supported.
PyX also allows flexible graph generation with many different graph and axis styles.
Development of this Python 2 version of PyX has ceased. Use the python3-pyx package for a version of PyX compatible with Python 3.
There are three methods to install python-pyx
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-pyx 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-pyx
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pyx
Install python-pyx Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pyx
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pyx
Install python-pyx 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-pyx
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pyx
How To Uninstall python-pyx on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-pyx
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pyx
Uninstall python-pyx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pyx
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyx
Remove python-pyx Configurations and Data
To remove python-pyx
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyx
Remove python-pyx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pyx
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyx
Dependencies
python-pyx have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyx
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.