How To Install python-m2crypto on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-m2crypto
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-m2crypto
python-m2crypto is:
m2crypto features the following:
- RSA, DSA, DH, HMACs, message digests, symmetric ciphers (including AES).
- SSL functionality to implement clients and servers.
- HTTPS extensions to Python’s httplib, urllib, and xmlrpclib.
- Unforgeable HMAC’ing AuthCookies for web session management.
- FTP/TLS client and server.
- S/MIME.
- ZServerSSL: A HTTPS server for Zope.
- ZSmime: An S/MIME messenger for Zope.
There are three methods to install python-m2crypto
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-m2crypto 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-m2crypto
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-m2crypto
Install python-m2crypto Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-m2crypto
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-m2crypto
Install python-m2crypto 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-m2crypto
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-m2crypto
How To Uninstall python-m2crypto on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-m2crypto
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-m2crypto
Uninstall python-m2crypto And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-m2crypto
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-m2crypto
Remove python-m2crypto Configurations and Data
To remove python-m2crypto
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-m2crypto
Remove python-m2crypto configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-m2crypto
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-m2crypto
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-m2crypto
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.