How To Install python-whatthepatch on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-whatthepatch on Debian 10.
What is python-whatthepatch
python-whatthepatch is:
What The Patch!? is a library for parsing patch files. Its only purpose is to read a patch file and get it into some usable form by other programs.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-whatthepatch 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 python-whatthepatch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-whatthepatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-whatthepatch
Install python-whatthepatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-whatthepatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-whatthepatch
Install python-whatthepatch 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 python-whatthepatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-whatthepatch
How To Uninstall python-whatthepatch on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-whatthepatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-whatthepatch
Uninstall python-whatthepatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-whatthepatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-whatthepatch
Remove python-whatthepatch Configurations and Data
To remove python-whatthepatch configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-whatthepatch
Remove python-whatthepatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-whatthepatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-whatthepatch
Dependencies
python-whatthepatch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-whatthepatch package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.