How To Install python-tables on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tables on Debian 9.
What is python-tables
python-tables 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 is the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-tables 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-tables
Install python-tables Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-tables using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-tables
Install python-tables 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-tables
How To Uninstall python-tables on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-tables package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-tables
Uninstall python-tables And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-tables and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-tables
Remove python-tables Configurations and Data
To remove python-tables configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-tables
Remove python-tables configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-tables configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-tables
Dependencies
python-tables have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tables package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.