How To Install python-shellescape on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-shellescape on Debian 9. python-shellescape is escapes characters to safely assemble command lines

Introduction

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

What is python-shellescape

python-shellescape is:

This python2 library helps to escape a string to safely use it as a token in a shell command.

The shellescape Python module defines the shellescape.quote() function that returns a shell-escaped version of a Python string. This is a backport of the shlex.quote() function from Python 3.4.3 that makes it accessible to users of Python 3 versions < 3.3 and all Python 2.x versions.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-shellescape

Install python-shellescape Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-shellescape

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-shellescape

How To Uninstall python-shellescape on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-shellescape

Uninstall python-shellescape And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-shellescape

Remove python-shellescape Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-shellescape

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-shellescape have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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