How To Install python-cracklib on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-cracklib on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-cracklib is Python bindings for password checker library cracklib2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cracklib on Debian 10.

What is python-cracklib

python-cracklib is:

This package provides Python bindings for cracklib. It contains a pythonic interface to cracklib’s functions and some Python convenience functions.

You should install this package if you want to use or develop Python applications that want to interface with cracklib2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-cracklib

Install python-cracklib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-cracklib

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-cracklib

How To Uninstall python-cracklib on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-cracklib

Uninstall python-cracklib And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cracklib

Remove python-cracklib Configurations and Data

To remove python-cracklib configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-cracklib

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-cracklib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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