How To Install python-hashids on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-hashids on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-hashids is Python implementation of hashids (Python 2 version)

Introduction

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

What is python-hashids

python-hashids is:

A Python port of the JavaScript hashids implementation. It generates YouTube-like hashes from one or many numbers. Use hashids when you do not want to expose your database ids to the user.

This package contains python-hashids for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-hashids

Install python-hashids Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-hashids

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-hashids

How To Uninstall python-hashids on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-hashids

Uninstall python-hashids And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-hashids

Remove python-hashids Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-hashids

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-hashids have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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