How To Install python-pyelliptic on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyelliptic on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pyelliptic
python-pyelliptic is:
PyElliptic is a Python module that provides high level access to the OpenSSL library, featuring elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), symmetric cryptography and more.
The full list of functions is below:
Key agreement : ECDH Digital signatures : ECDSA Hybrid encryption : ECIES (like RSA) AES-128 (CBC, OFB, CFB, CTR) AES-256 (CBC, OFB, CFB, CTR) Blowfish (CFB and CBC) RC4 CSPRNG HMAC (using SHA512) PBKDF2 (SHA256 and SHA512)
This package provides the Python 2 version.
There are three methods to install python-pyelliptic 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-pyelliptic 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-pyelliptic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pyelliptic
Install python-pyelliptic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pyelliptic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pyelliptic
Install python-pyelliptic 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-pyelliptic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pyelliptic
How To Uninstall python-pyelliptic on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pyelliptic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pyelliptic
Uninstall python-pyelliptic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pyelliptic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyelliptic
Remove python-pyelliptic Configurations and Data
To remove python-pyelliptic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyelliptic
Remove python-pyelliptic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pyelliptic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyelliptic
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyelliptic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
