How To Install python3-asyncssh on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-asyncssh on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-asyncssh
python3-asyncssh is:
AsyncSSH is a Python package which provides an asynchronous client and server implementation of the SSHv2 protocol on top of the Python 3.4+ asyncio framework.
It comes with a full support of SSHv2 and SFTP client and server functions, including shell, command and subsystem channels, direct and forwarded TCP channels, local and remote TCP port forwarding.
Other features include: + Multiple simultaneous sessions on a single SSH connection + Multiple SSH connections in a single event loop + Byte and string based I/O with settable encoding + A variety of key exchange, encryption, and MAC algorithms + Support for gzip compression + Password, public key, and keyboard-interactive user authentication methods + Many types and formats of public keys and certificates + OpenSSH-style known_hosts file support + OpenSSH-style authorized_keys file support
There are three methods to install python3-asyncssh 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 python3-asyncssh Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-asyncssh using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-asyncssh
Install python3-asyncssh Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-asyncssh using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-asyncssh
Install python3-asyncssh 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 python3-asyncssh using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-asyncssh
How To Uninstall python3-asyncssh on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-asyncssh package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-asyncssh
Uninstall python3-asyncssh And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-asyncssh and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-asyncssh
Remove python3-asyncssh Configurations and Data
To remove python3-asyncssh configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-asyncssh
Remove python3-asyncssh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-asyncssh configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-asyncssh
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-asyncssh package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
