How To Install python-itsdangerous on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-itsdangerous on Debian 9. python-itsdangerous is Various helpers to pass trusted data to untrusted environment - Python 2.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-itsdangerous on Debian 9.

What is python-itsdangerous

python-itsdangerous is:

itsdangerous provides a module that is a port of the django signing module. It’s not directly copied but some changes were applied to make it work better on its own.

itsdangerous allows web applications to use a key only it knows to cryptographically sign data and hand it over to someone else (e.g. a user). When it gets the data back it can easily ensure that nobody tampered with it.

This package provides the itsdangerous Python module for Python 2.x.

There are three methods to install python-itsdangerous on Debian 9. 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-itsdangerous 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-itsdangerous using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-itsdangerous

Install python-itsdangerous Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-itsdangerous

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-itsdangerous

How To Uninstall python-itsdangerous on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-itsdangerous

Uninstall python-itsdangerous And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-itsdangerous and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-itsdangerous

Remove python-itsdangerous Configurations and Data

To remove python-itsdangerous configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-itsdangerous

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-itsdangerous have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-itsdangerous package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.