How To Install python3-xcffib on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-xcffib on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-xcffib is CFFI-based Python binding for X

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xcffib on Debian 12.

What is python3-xcffib

python3-xcffib is:

xcffib is intended to be a (mostly) drop-in replacement for xpyb. xpyb has an inactive upstream, several memory leaks, is python2 only and doesn’t have pypy support. xcffib is a binding which uses CFFI, which mitigates some of the issues described above. xcffib also builds bindings for 27 of the 29 (xprint and xkb are missing) X extensions in 1.10.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-xcffib

Install python3-xcffib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-xcffib

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-xcffib

How To Uninstall python3-xcffib on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-xcffib

Uninstall python3-xcffib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-xcffib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-xcffib

Remove python3-xcffib Configurations and Data

To remove python3-xcffib configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-xcffib

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-xcffib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xcffib package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.