How To Install python-slowaes on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-slowaes on Ubuntu 18.04. python-slowaes is implementation of AES in Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-slowaes on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-slowaes

python-slowaes is:

This package contains an implementation of AES in Python. This implementation is slow (hence the project name) but still useful when faster ones are not available.

There are three methods to install python-slowaes 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-slowaes 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-slowaes using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-slowaes

Install python-slowaes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-slowaes using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-slowaes

Install python-slowaes 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-slowaes using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-slowaes

How To Uninstall python-slowaes on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-slowaes package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-slowaes

Uninstall python-slowaes And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-slowaes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-slowaes

Remove python-slowaes Configurations and Data

To remove python-slowaes configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-slowaes

Remove python-slowaes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-slowaes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-slowaes

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-slowaes package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.