How To Install python-tksnack on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tksnack on Debian 9.
What is python-tksnack
python-tksnack is:
Snack is an extension to the Tcl/Tk scripting language that adds sound functionality. There are commands to play, record, edit, and even visualize sound. Snack supports in-memory sound objects, file based audio, and streaming audio. It handles file formats such as WAV, AU, AIFF, MP3, and OGG Vorbis.
This package includes Python/Tkinter tkSnack package for Python 2.x.
There are three methods to install python-tksnack 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-tksnack 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-tksnack using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-tksnack
Install python-tksnack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-tksnack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-tksnack
Install python-tksnack 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-tksnack using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-tksnack
How To Uninstall python-tksnack on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-tksnack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-tksnack
Uninstall python-tksnack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-tksnack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-tksnack
Remove python-tksnack Configurations and Data
To remove python-tksnack configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-tksnack
Remove python-tksnack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-tksnack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-tksnack
Dependencies
python-tksnack have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tksnack package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.