How To Install python-wheel on Debian 9

Introduction

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

What is python-wheel

python-wheel is:

A wheel is a ZIP-format archive with a specially formatted filename and the .whl extension. It is designed to contain all the files for a PEP 376 compatible install in a way that is very close to the on-disk format.

The wheel project provides a bdist_wheel command for setuptools. Wheel files can be installed with pip.

This is the Python 2 compatible package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-wheel

Install python-wheel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-wheel

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-wheel

How To Uninstall python-wheel on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-wheel

Uninstall python-wheel And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-wheel

Remove python-wheel Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-wheel

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-wheel have the following dependencies:

• python

References

• python-wheel website

Summary

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