How To Install python-libfvde on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-libfvde on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-libfvde is FileVault Drive Encryption access library – Python 2 bindings

Introduction

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

What is python-libfvde

python-libfvde is:

The FVDE format is used by Mac OS X, as of Lion, to encrypt data on a storage media volume.

This package contains Python 2 bindings for libfvde.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-libfvde

Install python-libfvde Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-libfvde

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-libfvde

How To Uninstall python-libfvde on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-libfvde

Uninstall python-libfvde And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libfvde

Remove python-libfvde Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-libfvde

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-libfvde have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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