How To Install python-mhash on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mhash on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-mhash
python-mhash is:
python-mhash is a comprehensive Python interface to the mhash library, which provides a uniform interface to access several hashing algorithms such as MD4, MD5, SHA1, SHA160, and many others.
There are three methods to install python-mhash 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-mhash 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-mhash using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-mhash
Install python-mhash Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-mhash using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-mhash
Install python-mhash 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-mhash using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-mhash
How To Uninstall python-mhash on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-mhash package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-mhash
Uninstall python-mhash And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-mhash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-mhash
Remove python-mhash Configurations and Data
To remove python-mhash configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-mhash
Remove python-mhash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-mhash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-mhash
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-mhash package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
