How To Install python2 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2 on Debian 10.
What is python2
python2 is:
Python2, the high-level, interactive object oriented language, includes an extensive class library with lots of goodies for network programming, system administration, sounds and graphics.
This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian’s Python2 version (currently v2.7).
There are three methods to install python2 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 python2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python2
Install python2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python2
Install python2 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 python2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python2
How To Uninstall python2 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python2
Uninstall python2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python2
Remove python2 Configurations and Data
To remove python2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python2
Remove python2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python2
Dependencies
python2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
