How To Install python3-ctdopts on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-ctdopts on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-ctdopts is Gives your Python tools a CTD-compatible interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ctdopts on Debian 10.

What is python3-ctdopts

python3-ctdopts is:

Common Tool Descriptors (CTDs) are XML documents that represent the inputs, outputs, parameters of command line tools in a platform-independent way.

CTDopts is a module for enabling tools with CTD reading/writing, argument parsing, validating and manipulating capabilities.

There are three methods to install python3-ctdopts 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 python3-ctdopts Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-ctdopts using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-ctdopts

Install python3-ctdopts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-ctdopts using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-ctdopts

Install python3-ctdopts 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 python3-ctdopts using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-ctdopts

How To Uninstall python3-ctdopts on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-ctdopts package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-ctdopts

Uninstall python3-ctdopts And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-ctdopts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-ctdopts

Remove python3-ctdopts Configurations and Data

To remove python3-ctdopts configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-ctdopts

Remove python3-ctdopts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-ctdopts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-ctdopts

Dependencies

python3-ctdopts have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ctdopts package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.