How To Install python-mhash on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-mhash on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-mhash is Python bindings for libmhash

Introduction

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

What is python-mhash

python-mhash is:

python-mhash is a comprehensive Python interface to the mhash library, which provides a uniform interface to access several hashing algorithms such as MD4, MD5, SHA1, SHA160, and many others.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-mhash

Install python-mhash Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-mhash

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-mhash

How To Uninstall python-mhash on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-mhash

Uninstall python-mhash And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mhash

Remove python-mhash Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-mhash

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-mhash have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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