How To Install python-barbican on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-barbican on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-barbican
python-barbican is:
The Barbican project provides services for secure storage, provisioning and management of sensitive client secret information such as encryption keys. It is aims at being useful for all environments, including large ephemeral Clouds.
This package contains the Python files and libraries.
There are three methods to install python-barbican 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-barbican 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-barbican using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-barbican
Install python-barbican Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-barbican using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-barbican
Install python-barbican 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-barbican using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-barbican
How To Uninstall python-barbican on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-barbican package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-barbican
Uninstall python-barbican And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-barbican and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-barbican
Remove python-barbican Configurations and Data
To remove python-barbican configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-barbican
Remove python-barbican configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-barbican configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-barbican
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-barbican package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
