How To Install python-hashids on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-hashids on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-hashids
python-hashids is:
A Python port of the JavaScript hashids implementation. It generates YouTube-like hashes from one or many numbers. Use hashids when you do not want to expose your database ids to the user.
There are three methods to install python-hashids 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-hashids 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-hashids using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-hashids
Install python-hashids Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-hashids using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-hashids
Install python-hashids 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-hashids using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-hashids
How To Uninstall python-hashids on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-hashids package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-hashids
Uninstall python-hashids And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-hashids and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-hashids
Remove python-hashids Configurations and Data
To remove python-hashids configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-hashids
Remove python-hashids configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-hashids configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-hashids
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-hashids package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.