How To Install python-mnemonic on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mnemonic
on Debian 9.
What is python-mnemonic
python-mnemonic is:
This BIP describes the implementation of a mnemonic code or mnemonic sentence. A group of easy to remember words for the generation of deterministic wallets.
It consists of two parts: generating the mnenomic, and converting it into a binary seed. This seed can be later used to generate deterministic wallets using BIP-0032 or similar methods.
==BIP paper== See https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawiki for full specification.
There are three methods to install python-mnemonic
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-mnemonic 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-mnemonic
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-mnemonic
Install python-mnemonic Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-mnemonic
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-mnemonic
Install python-mnemonic 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-mnemonic
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-mnemonic
How To Uninstall python-mnemonic on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-mnemonic
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-mnemonic
Uninstall python-mnemonic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-mnemonic
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mnemonic
Remove python-mnemonic Configurations and Data
To remove python-mnemonic
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-mnemonic
Remove python-mnemonic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-mnemonic
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mnemonic
Dependencies
python-mnemonic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mnemonic
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.