How To Install pybtctool on Debian 10

Learn how to install pybtctool on Debian 10 with this tutorial. pybtctool is command interface for Bitcoin signatures and transactions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pybtctool on Debian 10.

What is pybtctool

pybtctool is:

The ??pybtctool?? program has a set of commands for interacting with the Bitcoin network.

With a command, you can generate a signature, hash, seed, or address; serialise or deserialise standard data formats; query the blockchain; and many more operations.

This is the command-line tool from the ??pybitcointools?? project.

There are three methods to install pybtctool 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 pybtctool Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pybtctool

Install pybtctool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pybtctool using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pybtctool

Install pybtctool 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 pybtctool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pybtctool

How To Uninstall pybtctool on Debian 10

To uninstall only the pybtctool package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pybtctool

Uninstall pybtctool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pybtctool

Remove pybtctool Configurations and Data

To remove pybtctool configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pybtctool

Remove pybtctool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pybtctool

Dependencies

pybtctool have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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