How To Install python-webcolors on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-webcolors on Debian 9. python-webcolors is library of color names and value formats defined by HTML and CSS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-webcolors on Debian 9.

What is python-webcolors

python-webcolors is:

Support is included for the following formats, but this support RGB colorspace only.

  • Specification-defined color names
  • Six-digit hexadecimal
  • Three-digit hexadecimal
  • Integer rgb() triplet
  • Percentage rgb() triplet This module conversion to/from HSL can be handled by the “colorsys” module in the Python standard library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-webcolors

Install python-webcolors Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-webcolors

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-webcolors

How To Uninstall python-webcolors on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-webcolors

Uninstall python-webcolors And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-webcolors and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-webcolors

Remove python-webcolors Configurations and Data

To remove python-webcolors configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-webcolors

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-webcolors have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-webcolors package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.