How To Install python-ecdsa on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-ecdsa on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-ecdsa is ECDSA cryptographic signature library (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ecdsa on Debian 10.

What is python-ecdsa

python-ecdsa is:

This is an easy-to-use implementation of ECDSA cryptography (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm), implemented purely in Python. With this library, you can quickly create keypairs (signing key and verifying key), sign messages, and verify the signatures. The keys and signatures are very short, making them easy to handle and incorporate into other protocols.

This package contains the module for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-ecdsa

Install python-ecdsa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-ecdsa

Install python-ecdsa 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-ecdsa using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-ecdsa

How To Uninstall python-ecdsa on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-ecdsa package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-ecdsa

Uninstall python-ecdsa And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-ecdsa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ecdsa

Remove python-ecdsa Configurations and Data

To remove python-ecdsa configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-ecdsa

Remove python-ecdsa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ecdsa

Dependencies

python-ecdsa have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ecdsa package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.