How To Install python-tables-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tables-dbg on Debian 9. python-tables-dbg is hierarchical database for Python based on HDF5 (debug extension)

Introduction

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

What is python-tables-dbg

python-tables-dbg is:

PyTables is a hierarchical database package designed to efficiently manage very large amounts of data. PyTables is built on top of the HDF5 library and the NumPy package. It features an object-oriented interface that, combined with natural naming and C-code generated from Pyrex sources, makes it a fast, yet extremely easy to use tool for interactively save and retrieve large amounts of data.

  • Compound types (records) can be used entirely from Python (i.e. it is not necessary to use C for taking advantage of them).
  • The tables are both enlargeable and compressible.
  • I/O is buffered, so you can get very fast I/O, specially with large tables.
  • Very easy to select data through the use of iterators over the rows in tables. Extended slicing is supported as well.
  • It supports the complete set of NumPy, Numeric and numarray objects.

This package contains the extension built for the Python 2 debug interpreter.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-tables-dbg

Install python-tables-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-tables-dbg

Install python-tables-dbg 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-tables-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-tables-dbg

How To Uninstall python-tables-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-tables-dbg

Uninstall python-tables-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-tables-dbg

Remove python-tables-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-tables-dbg

Remove python-tables-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-tables-dbg

Dependencies

python-tables-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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