How To Install python-secretstorage on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-secretstorage on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-secretstorage
python-secretstorage is:
Python-SecretStorage provides a way for securely storing passwords and other secrets.
It uses D-Bus Secret Service API that is supported by GNOME Keyring (>= 2.30) and KSecretsService.
It allows one to create, edit and delete secret items, manipulate secret collections, and search for items matching given attributes. It also supports locking and unlocking collections.
This package provides Python 2.x version of SecretStorage.
There are three methods to install python-secretstorage 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-secretstorage 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-secretstorage using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-secretstorage
Install python-secretstorage Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-secretstorage using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-secretstorage
Install python-secretstorage 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-secretstorage using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-secretstorage
How To Uninstall python-secretstorage on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-secretstorage package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-secretstorage
Uninstall python-secretstorage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-secretstorage and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-secretstorage
Remove python-secretstorage Configurations and Data
To remove python-secretstorage configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-secretstorage
Remove python-secretstorage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-secretstorage configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-secretstorage
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-secretstorage package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
