How To Install python-m2crypto on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-m2crypto on Debian 10.
What is python-m2crypto
python-m2crypto is:
m2crypto features the following:
- RSA, DSA, DH, HMACs, message digests, symmetric ciphers (including AES).
- SSL functionality to implement clients and servers.
- HTTPS extensions to Python’s httplib, urllib, and xmlrpclib.
- Unforgeable HMAC’ing AuthCookies for web session management.
- FTP/TLS client and server.
- S/MIME.
- ZServerSSL: A HTTPS server for Zope.
- ZSmime: An S/MIME messenger for Zope.
This package contains the modules for the Python 2 interpreter.
There are three methods to install python-m2crypto 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-m2crypto 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-m2crypto using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-m2crypto
Install python-m2crypto Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-m2crypto using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-m2crypto
Install python-m2crypto 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-m2crypto using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-m2crypto
How To Uninstall python-m2crypto on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-m2crypto package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-m2crypto
Uninstall python-m2crypto And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-m2crypto and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-m2crypto
Remove python-m2crypto Configurations and Data
To remove python-m2crypto configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-m2crypto
Remove python-m2crypto configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-m2crypto configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-m2crypto
Dependencies
python-m2crypto have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-m2crypto package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
