How To Install python-txtorcon on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-txtorcon on Debian 9. python-txtorcon is Twisted-based asynchronous Tor control protocol implementation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-txtorcon on Debian 9.

What is python-txtorcon

python-txtorcon is:

txtorcon main feature is to present an asynchronous API to speak the Tor client protocol in Python. It also provides abstractions to track and get updates about Tor’s state and current configuration (including writing it to Tor or disk), along with helpers to asynchronously launch slave instances of Tor including Twisted endpoint support.

Twisted is an event-driven networking engine written in Python and Tor is an onion-routing network designed to improve people’s privacy and anonymity on the Internet.

There are three methods to install python-txtorcon on Debian 9. 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-txtorcon 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-txtorcon using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-txtorcon

Install python-txtorcon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-txtorcon

Install python-txtorcon 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-txtorcon

How To Uninstall python-txtorcon on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-txtorcon

Uninstall python-txtorcon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-txtorcon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-txtorcon

Remove python-txtorcon Configurations and Data

To remove python-txtorcon configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-txtorcon

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-txtorcon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-txtorcon package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.