How To Install python-traitlets on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-traitlets on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-traitlets is Lightweight Traits-like package for Python 2

Introduction

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

What is python-traitlets

python-traitlets is:

A lightweight pure-Python derivative of Enthought Traits, used for configuring Python objects.

It powers the config system of IPython and Jupyter.

This package contains the library for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-traitlets

Install python-traitlets Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-traitlets

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-traitlets

How To Uninstall python-traitlets on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-traitlets

Uninstall python-traitlets And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-traitlets

Remove python-traitlets Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-traitlets

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-traitlets have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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