How To Install python3-plotly on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-plotly on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-plotly is Python 3 plotting library for publication-quality graphs

Introduction

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

What is python3-plotly

python3-plotly is:

Python 3 plotting library for collaborative, interactive, publication-quality graphs. Plotly is an online collaborative data analysis and graphing tool. The Python API allows you to access all of Plotly’s functionality from Python.

There are three methods to install python3-plotly 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-plotly 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-plotly using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-plotly

Install python3-plotly Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-plotly

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-plotly

How To Uninstall python3-plotly on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-plotly

Uninstall python3-plotly And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-plotly

Remove python3-plotly Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-plotly

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-plotly have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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