How To Install python-pwquality on Debian 10

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

Introduction

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

What is python-pwquality

python-pwquality is:

libpwquality’s purpose is to provide common functions for password quality checking and also scoring them based on their apparent randomness. The library also provides a function for generating random passwords with good pronounceability.

This package contains the Python bindings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-pwquality

Install python-pwquality Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pwquality

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-pwquality

How To Uninstall python-pwquality on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pwquality

Uninstall python-pwquality And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pwquality

Remove python-pwquality Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pwquality

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-pwquality have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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