How To Install python3-libxmp on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libxmp on Debian 9.
What is python3-libxmp
python3-libxmp is:
Python XMP Toolkit is a library for working with XMP metadata, as well as reading/writing XMP metadata stored in many different file formats.
XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) facilitates embedding metadata in files using a subset of RDF. Most notably XMP supports embedding metadata in PDF and many image formats, though it is designed to support nearly any file type.
This package provides Python3 bindings.
There are three methods to install python3-libxmp 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 python3-libxmp 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-libxmp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-libxmp
Install python3-libxmp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-libxmp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-libxmp
Install python3-libxmp 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-libxmp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-libxmp
How To Uninstall python3-libxmp on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python3-libxmp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-libxmp
Uninstall python3-libxmp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-libxmp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-libxmp
Remove python3-libxmp Configurations and Data
To remove python3-libxmp configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-libxmp
Remove python3-libxmp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-libxmp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-libxmp
Dependencies
python3-libxmp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libxmp package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.