How To Install python-vipscc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-vipscc on Debian 9.
What is python-vipscc
python-vipscc is:
VIPS is an image processing system designed with efficiency in mind. It is good with large images (ones that larger than the amount of RAM in your machine), and for working with colour. It can perform many image manipulation tasks much faster than other packages such as ImageMagick and the GIMP and includes some special features such as creating single “mosaic” images from multiple parts.
VIPS consists of two main components: an image processing library with some command-line tools and a spreadsheet-like graphical user interface. The graphical interface is available in the nip2 package.
This package includes Python bindings to the vips library.
There are three methods to install python-vipscc 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-vipscc 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-vipscc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-vipscc
Install python-vipscc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-vipscc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-vipscc
Install python-vipscc 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-vipscc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-vipscc
How To Uninstall python-vipscc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-vipscc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-vipscc
Uninstall python-vipscc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-vipscc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-vipscc
Remove python-vipscc Configurations and Data
To remove python-vipscc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-vipscc
Remove python-vipscc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-vipscc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-vipscc
Dependencies
python-vipscc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-vipscc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.