How To Install python3-notify2 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-notify2 on Debian 10.
What is python3-notify2
python3-notify2 is:
notify2 provides a Python interface to the Freedesktop notifications system, which allows programs to display information to the user in an unobtrusive way. Notifications are sent over DBus to a notification daemon, which is responsible for presenting them to the user.
notify2 is intended as a replacement for pynotify (package python-notify), and its interface is largely copied from there, although it isn’t a complete clone.
This is the Python 3 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python3-notify2 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-notify2 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-notify2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-notify2
Install python3-notify2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-notify2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-notify2
Install python3-notify2 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-notify2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-notify2
How To Uninstall python3-notify2 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python3-notify2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-notify2
Uninstall python3-notify2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-notify2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-notify2
Remove python3-notify2 Configurations and Data
To remove python3-notify2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-notify2
Remove python3-notify2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-notify2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-notify2
Dependencies
python3-notify2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-notify2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
