How To Install python-tabulate on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-tabulate on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-tabulate is pretty-print tabular data in Python2

Introduction

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

What is python-tabulate

python-tabulate is:

Pretty-print tabular data in Python, a library and a command-line utility. The main use cases of the library are:

  • printing small tables without hassle: just one function call, formatting is guided by the data itself
  • authoring tabular data for lightweight plain-text markup: multiple output formats suitable for further editing or transformation
  • readable presentation of mixed textual and numeric data: smart column alignment, configurable number formatting, alignment by a decimal point

This package installs the library for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-tabulate

Install python-tabulate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-tabulate

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-tabulate

How To Uninstall python-tabulate on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-tabulate

Uninstall python-tabulate And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-tabulate

Remove python-tabulate Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-tabulate

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-tabulate have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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