How To Install python-authres on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-authres on Ubuntu 18.04. python-authres is RFC 7601 Authentication Results Header manipulation for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-authres on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-authres

python-authres is:

Python module to create and parse RFC 7601 Authentication Results headers.

The module provides a class for creating and parsing RFC compliant headers for use in Python applications. It supports all currently registered extensions in addition to the core RFC 7601 types.

http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc7601.txt

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-authres

Install python-authres Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-authres

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-authres

How To Uninstall python-authres on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-authres

Uninstall python-authres And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-authres and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-authres

Remove python-authres Configurations and Data

To remove python-authres configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-authres

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-authres package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.