How To Install python-kerberos on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-kerberos on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-kerberos
python-kerberos is:
This Python package is a high-level wrapper for Kerberos (GSSAPI) operations. The goal is to avoid having to build a module that wraps the entire Kerberos.framework, and instead offer a limited set of functions that do what is needed for client/server Kerberos authentication based on http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4559.txt.
Much of the C-code here is adapted from Apache’s mod_auth_kerb-5.0rc7.
This package contains the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-kerberos 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-kerberos 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-kerberos using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-kerberos
Install python-kerberos Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-kerberos using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-kerberos
Install python-kerberos 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-kerberos using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-kerberos
How To Uninstall python-kerberos on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-kerberos package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-kerberos
Uninstall python-kerberos And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-kerberos and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-kerberos
Remove python-kerberos Configurations and Data
To remove python-kerberos configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-kerberos
Remove python-kerberos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-kerberos configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-kerberos
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-kerberos package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
