How To Install python-argon2 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-argon2 on Debian 10.
What is python-argon2
python-argon2 is:
Argon2 is a password-hashing function that can be used to hash passwords for credential storage, key derivation, or other applications.
There are two main versions of Argon2: Argon2i and Argon2d. Argon2i is the safest against side-channel attacks, while Argon2d provides the highest resistance against GPU cracking attacks.
Argon2i and Argon2d are parametrized by:
- A time cost, which defines the amount of computation realized and therefore the execution time, given in number of iterations
- A memory cost, which defines the memory usage, given in kibibytes
- A parallelism degree, which defines the number of parallel threads
This module provides argon2 hashing primitives for the Python programming language.
There are three methods to install python-argon2 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-argon2 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-argon2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-argon2
Install python-argon2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-argon2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-argon2
Install python-argon2 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-argon2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-argon2
How To Uninstall python-argon2 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-argon2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-argon2
Uninstall python-argon2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-argon2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-argon2
Remove python-argon2 Configurations and Data
To remove python-argon2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-argon2
Remove python-argon2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-argon2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-argon2
Dependencies
python-argon2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-argon2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
