How To Install python-captcha on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-captcha
on Debian 9.
What is python-captcha
python-captcha is:
This package contains Python modules to add some captcha in an application to recognize a human versus a robot. The package generates an image based on a dictionary.
There are three methods to install python-captcha
on Debian 9. 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-captcha 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-captcha
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-captcha
Install python-captcha Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-captcha
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-captcha
Install python-captcha 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-captcha
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-captcha
How To Uninstall python-captcha on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-captcha
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-captcha
Uninstall python-captcha And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-captcha
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-captcha
Remove python-captcha Configurations and Data
To remove python-captcha
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-captcha
Remove python-captcha configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-captcha
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-captcha
Dependencies
python-captcha have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-captcha
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.