How To Install python-send2trash on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-send2trash on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-send2trash is Python module for sending file to trash natively

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-send2trash on Debian 10.

What is python-send2trash

python-send2trash is:

This module sends a file to the trash using either the Glib system for handling a desktop trash file or its own home-grown system if python-gi is not installed.

This package installs the library for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-send2trash 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-send2trash 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-send2trash using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-send2trash

Install python-send2trash Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-send2trash using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-send2trash

Install python-send2trash 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-send2trash using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-send2trash

How To Uninstall python-send2trash on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-send2trash package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-send2trash

Uninstall python-send2trash And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-send2trash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-send2trash

Remove python-send2trash Configurations and Data

To remove python-send2trash configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-send2trash

Remove python-send2trash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-send2trash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-send2trash

Dependencies

python-send2trash have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-send2trash package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.