How To Install python-sympy on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-sympy on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-sympy is Computer Algebra System (CAS) in Python

Introduction

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

What is python-sympy

python-sympy is:

SymPy is a Python library for symbolic mathematics (manipulation). It aims to become a full-featured computer algebra system (CAS) while keeping the code as simple as possible in order to be comprehensible and easily extensible. SymPy is written entirely in Python and does not require any external libraries, except optionally for plotting support.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-sympy

Install python-sympy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-sympy

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-sympy

How To Uninstall python-sympy on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-sympy

Uninstall python-sympy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sympy

Remove python-sympy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-sympy

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-sympy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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