How To Install python-sugar-toolkit on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sugar-toolkit on Debian 9. python-sugar-toolkit is Sugar Learning Platform - legacy core widgets

Introduction

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

What is python-sugar-toolkit

python-sugar-toolkit is:

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This package contains a deprecated set of widgets to build HIG compliant applications and interfaces to interact with system services like presence and the datastore. Please use python-sugar3 instead where possible.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-sugar-toolkit

Install python-sugar-toolkit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-sugar-toolkit

Install python-sugar-toolkit 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-sugar-toolkit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-sugar-toolkit

How To Uninstall python-sugar-toolkit on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-sugar-toolkit

Uninstall python-sugar-toolkit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sugar-toolkit

Remove python-sugar-toolkit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-sugar-toolkit

Remove python-sugar-toolkit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-sugar-toolkit

Dependencies

python-sugar-toolkit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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