How To Install python-xklavier on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-xklavier on Debian 9.
What is python-xklavier
python-xklavier is:
Libxklavier provides programmers an API for high(er) level access to the X Keyboard Extension, to ease creating XKB related applications.
This package contains Python binding for libxklavier.
There are three methods to install python-xklavier 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-xklavier 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-xklavier using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-xklavier
Install python-xklavier Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-xklavier using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-xklavier
Install python-xklavier 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-xklavier using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-xklavier
How To Uninstall python-xklavier on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-xklavier package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-xklavier
Uninstall python-xklavier And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-xklavier and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-xklavier
Remove python-xklavier Configurations and Data
To remove python-xklavier configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-xklavier
Remove python-xklavier configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-xklavier configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-xklavier
Dependencies
python-xklavier have the following dependencies:
- python2.7
- python
- python
- python-gobject
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango1.0-0
- libxklavier16
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-xklavier package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.