How To Install python-keepkey on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-keepkey on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-keepkey is library for communicating with KeepKey Hardware Wallet

Introduction

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

What is python-keepkey

python-keepkey is:

This is a modified version of python-trezor. The changes made were to support KeepKey??s protocol, as well as the additional feature set of KeepKey. For example, by default, device_recovery command invokes KeepKey??s style of device recovery using the Recovery Cipher.

See http://www.keepkey.com/ for more information.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-keepkey

Install python-keepkey Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-keepkey

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-keepkey

How To Uninstall python-keepkey on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-keepkey

Uninstall python-keepkey And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-keepkey

Remove python-keepkey Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-keepkey

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-keepkey have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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