How To Install python-custodia on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-custodia on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-custodia
python-custodia is:
Custodia allows one to serve retrieve, manage and store secrets for other applications. It is useful for distributed, stateless applications that use an image file base approach for instantiation like container based images. But it is alaso useful to manage distribution of key material across a multiple machines over a network.
This package includes the bindings for python2.
There are three methods to install python-custodia on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-custodia 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-custodia using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-custodia
Install python-custodia Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-custodia using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-custodia
Install python-custodia 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-custodia using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-custodia
How To Uninstall python-custodia on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-custodia package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-custodia
Uninstall python-custodia And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-custodia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-custodia
Remove python-custodia Configurations and Data
To remove python-custodia configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-custodia
Remove python-custodia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-custodia configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-custodia
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-custodia package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
