How To Install python-keyutils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-keyutils on Debian 9.
What is python-keyutils
python-keyutils is:
python-keyutils is a set of Python bindings for keyutils (available from http://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/keyutils), a key management suite that leverages the infrastructure provided by the Linux kernel for safely storing and retrieving sensitive information in your programs.
This is the Python2 package.
There are three methods to install python-keyutils on Debian 9. 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-keyutils 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-keyutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-keyutils
Install python-keyutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-keyutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-keyutils
Install python-keyutils 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-keyutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-keyutils
How To Uninstall python-keyutils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-keyutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-keyutils
Uninstall python-keyutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-keyutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-keyutils
Remove python-keyutils Configurations and Data
To remove python-keyutils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-keyutils
Remove python-keyutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-keyutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-keyutils
Dependencies
python-keyutils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-keyutils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.