How To Install python-virtualenv on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-virtualenv
on Debian 9.
What is python-virtualenv
python-virtualenv is:
The virtualenv utility creates virtual Python instances, each invokable with its own Python executable. Each instance can have different sets of modules, installable via easy_install. Virtual Python instances can also be created without root access.
This is the Python 2 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-virtualenv
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-virtualenv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install python-virtualenv
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install python-virtualenv Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install python-virtualenv
using apt
by running the following command:
Install python-virtualenv 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.
After updating apt database, We can install python-virtualenv
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall python-virtualenv on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-virtualenv
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall python-virtualenv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-virtualenv
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
Remove python-virtualenv Configurations and Data
To remove python-virtualenv
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
Remove python-virtualenv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-virtualenv
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
python-virtualenv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-virtualenv
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.