How To Install python-wcwidth on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-wcwidth on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-wcwidth is determine printable width of a string on a terminal (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-wcwidth

python-wcwidth is:

wcwidth allows one to determine the printable width of a string on a terminal. It provides functions similar to wcwidth(3) and wcswidth(3) for Python programs.

This package provides the module for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-wcwidth

Install python-wcwidth Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-wcwidth

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-wcwidth

How To Uninstall python-wcwidth on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-wcwidth

Uninstall python-wcwidth And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-wcwidth

Remove python-wcwidth Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-wcwidth

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-wcwidth have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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