How To Install python-pyhsm on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyhsm on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pyhsm
python-pyhsm is:
YubiHSM is an easy to use and affordable crypto appliance that you connect to the USB port of a server. You can then store cryptographic keys on the YubiHSM and use them from the server without any possibility for an attacker to extract the crypto keys from the YubiHSM.
Supported operations include YubiKey OTP validation, AES ECB encrypt/decrypt/decrypt-compare, HMAC-SHA1 hashing (enabling OATH code validation), and Random number entropy generation.
This package contains the core Python code for interacting with the YubiHSM.
There are three methods to install python-pyhsm 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-pyhsm 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-pyhsm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pyhsm
Install python-pyhsm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pyhsm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pyhsm
Install python-pyhsm 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-pyhsm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pyhsm
How To Uninstall python-pyhsm on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pyhsm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pyhsm
Uninstall python-pyhsm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pyhsm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyhsm
Remove python-pyhsm Configurations and Data
To remove python-pyhsm configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyhsm
Remove python-pyhsm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pyhsm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyhsm
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyhsm package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
