How To Install python-xdg on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-xdg on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-xdg is Python 2 library to access freedesktop.org standards

Introduction

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

What is python-xdg

python-xdg is:

PyXDG contains implementations of freedesktop.org standards in Python:

  • Base Directory Specification Version 0.6
  • Menu Specification Version 1.0-draft1
  • Desktop Entry Specification Version 1.0
  • Icon Theme Specification Version 0.8
  • Recent File Spec 0.2
  • Shared-MIME-Database Specification 0.13

This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-xdg

Install python-xdg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-xdg

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-xdg

How To Uninstall python-xdg on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-xdg

Uninstall python-xdg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-xdg

Remove python-xdg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-xdg

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-xdg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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