How To Install python-service-identity on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-service-identity on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-service-identity
python-service-identity is:
Service_identity aspires to give you all the tools you need for verifying whether a certificate is valid for the intended purposes.
In the simplest case, this means host name verification. However, service_identity implements RFC 6125 fully and plans to add other relevant RFCs too.
This package contains service_identity for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-service-identity 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-service-identity 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-service-identity using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-service-identity
Install python-service-identity Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-service-identity using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-service-identity
Install python-service-identity 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-service-identity using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-service-identity
How To Uninstall python-service-identity on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-service-identity package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-service-identity
Uninstall python-service-identity And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-service-identity and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-service-identity
Remove python-service-identity Configurations and Data
To remove python-service-identity configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-service-identity
Remove python-service-identity configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-service-identity configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-service-identity
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-service-identity package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
