How To Install python-cryptography-vectors on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cryptography-vectors on Ubuntu 18.04. python-cryptography-vectors is Test vectors for python-cryptography (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-cryptography-vectors

python-cryptography-vectors is:

The test vectors for the cryptography library are rather large; thus, they are broken out into their own package so that users who do not need to run the tests do not need to download and install them.

This package contains the Python 2 version of cryptography_vectors.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-cryptography-vectors

Install python-cryptography-vectors Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-cryptography-vectors

Install python-cryptography-vectors 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-cryptography-vectors using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-cryptography-vectors

How To Uninstall python-cryptography-vectors on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-cryptography-vectors

Uninstall python-cryptography-vectors And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cryptography-vectors

Remove python-cryptography-vectors Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-cryptography-vectors

Remove python-cryptography-vectors configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-cryptography-vectors

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Summary

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