How To Install python3-xdg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xdg on Debian 9. python3-xdg is Python 3 library to access freedesktop.org standards

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xdg on Debian 9.

What is python3-xdg

python3-xdg is:

PyXDG contains implementations of freedesktop.org standards in Python:

  • Base Directory Specification Version 0.6
  • Menu Specification Version 1.0-draft1
  • Desktop Entry Specification Version 1.0
  • Icon Theme Specification Version 0.8
  • Recent File Spec 0.2
  • Shared-MIME-Database Specification 0.13

This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-xdg

Install python3-xdg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-xdg

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-xdg

How To Uninstall python3-xdg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-xdg

Uninstall python3-xdg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-xdg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-xdg

Remove python3-xdg Configurations and Data

To remove python3-xdg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-xdg

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-xdg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xdg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.