How To Install python-ecryptfs on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ecryptfs
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-ecryptfs
python-ecryptfs is:
eCryptfs is a POSIX-compliant enterprise-class stacked cryptographic filesystem for Linux.
This package contains the python module.
There are three methods to install python-ecryptfs
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-ecryptfs 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-ecryptfs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-ecryptfs
Install python-ecryptfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-ecryptfs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-ecryptfs
Install python-ecryptfs 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-ecryptfs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-ecryptfs
How To Uninstall python-ecryptfs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-ecryptfs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-ecryptfs
Uninstall python-ecryptfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-ecryptfs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ecryptfs
Remove python-ecryptfs Configurations and Data
To remove python-ecryptfs
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-ecryptfs
Remove python-ecryptfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-ecryptfs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ecryptfs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ecryptfs
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.