How To Install python3-termbox on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-termbox on Debian 12.
What is python3-termbox
python3-termbox is:
Termbox is a library that provides minimalistic API which allows the programmer to write text-based user interfaces.
It is based on a very simple abstraction. The main idea is viewing terminals as a table of fixed-size cells and input being a stream of structured messages. Would be fair to say that the model is inspired by windows console API. The abstraction itself is not perfect and it may create problems in certain areas. The most sensitive ones are copy & pasting and wide characters (mostly Chinese, Japanese, Korean (CJK) characters). When it comes to copy & pasting, the notion of cells is not really compatible with the idea of text. And CJK runes often require more than one cell to display them nicely. Despite the mentioned flaws, using such a simple model brings benefits in a form of simplicity. And KISS principle is important.
At this point one should realize, that CLI (command-line interfaces) aren’t really a thing termbox is aimed at. But rather pseudo-graphical user interfaces.
This package ships with Python3 binding of termbox.
There are three methods to install python3-termbox on Debian 12. 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-termbox 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-termbox using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-termbox
Install python3-termbox Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-termbox using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-termbox
Install python3-termbox 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-termbox using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-termbox
How To Uninstall python3-termbox on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-termbox package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-termbox
Uninstall python3-termbox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-termbox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-termbox
Remove python3-termbox Configurations and Data
To remove python3-termbox configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-termbox
Remove python3-termbox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-termbox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-termbox
Dependencies
python3-termbox have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-termbox package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.