How To Install python-bcrypt on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bcrypt on Debian 10.
What is python-bcrypt
python-bcrypt is:
bcrypt is a Python module which provides a password hashing method based on the Blowfish password hashing algorithm, as described in “A Future-Adaptable Password Scheme” by Niels Provos and David Mazieres: http://static.usenix.org/events/usenix99/provos.html.
This package provides the bcrypt Python module for Python 2.x.
There are three methods to install python-bcrypt 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-bcrypt 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-bcrypt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-bcrypt
Install python-bcrypt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-bcrypt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-bcrypt
Install python-bcrypt 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-bcrypt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-bcrypt
How To Uninstall python-bcrypt on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-bcrypt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-bcrypt
Uninstall python-bcrypt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-bcrypt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-bcrypt
Remove python-bcrypt Configurations and Data
To remove python-bcrypt configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-bcrypt
Remove python-bcrypt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-bcrypt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-bcrypt
Dependencies
python-bcrypt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bcrypt package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
