How To Install python3-djvu on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-djvu on Debian 11. python3-djvu is Python3 support for the DjVu image format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-djvu on Debian 11.

What is python3-djvu

python3-djvu is:

python-djvulibre is a set of Python bindings for the DjVuLibre library, an open source implementation of DjVu. This image format is designed primarily for scanned documents, it includes advanced techniques like image layer separation and arithmetic coding compression.

This package contains the Python3 bindings, please see python-djvu-doc for its documentation and python3-djvu-dbg for debugging symbols.

There are three methods to install python3-djvu on Debian 11. 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-djvu 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-djvu using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-djvu

Install python3-djvu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-djvu

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-djvu

How To Uninstall python3-djvu on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-djvu

Uninstall python3-djvu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-djvu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-djvu

Remove python3-djvu Configurations and Data

To remove python3-djvu configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-djvu

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-djvu have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-djvu package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.