How To Install python3-bip32utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-bip32utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-bip32utils
python3-bip32utils is:
The bip32utils library is a pure Python implementation of Bitcoin hierarchical deterministic wallet (“HD Wallet”) ECDSA key generation as specified in BIP0032 (Bitcoin Improvement Proposal #0032).
Deterministic ECDSA key generation allows creating a sequence of Bitcoin private and public ECDSA keys from an initial seed and a hierarchical set of indices. A number of benefits follow:
- An entire wallet can be backed up once by storing the wallet seed or master extended private key, and all future addresses in the wallet can be restored from it.
- The creation of public and private ECDSA keys may be separated from each other. That is, it is possible to create only the public ECDSA key half (and receiving address) of an ECDSA key pair, without the ability to create the private half. Thus, one can create receiving addresses on a public facing system that if compromised would not give the attacker the ability to spend bitcoin received at those addresses. A separate, offline machine can generate the corresponding private ECDSA keys and sign transactions.
- Public and private ECDSA keys may be created in a hierarchy, and control over or visibility of portions of the hierarchy may be delegated to third parties. This has uses for auditing, for separating ECDSA key sequences into different logical groups or accounts, and for giving 3rd parties the ability to create spending transactions without first getting a receiving address in advance.
There are three methods to install python3-bip32utils 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-bip32utils 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-bip32utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-bip32utils
Install python3-bip32utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-bip32utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-bip32utils
Install python3-bip32utils 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-bip32utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-bip32utils
How To Uninstall python3-bip32utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-bip32utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-bip32utils
Uninstall python3-bip32utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-bip32utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-bip32utils
Remove python3-bip32utils Configurations and Data
To remove python3-bip32utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-bip32utils
Remove python3-bip32utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-bip32utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-bip32utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-bip32utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
