How To Install python3-bitcoin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-bitcoin
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-bitcoin
python3-bitcoin is:
‘bitcoin’ is a Python library for signatures and transactions on cryptocurrency networks, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-bitcoin
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-bitcoin 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-bitcoin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-bitcoin
Install python3-bitcoin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-bitcoin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-bitcoin
Install python3-bitcoin 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-bitcoin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-bitcoin
How To Uninstall python3-bitcoin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-bitcoin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-bitcoin
Uninstall python3-bitcoin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-bitcoin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-bitcoin
Remove python3-bitcoin Configurations and Data
To remove python3-bitcoin
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-bitcoin
Remove python3-bitcoin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-bitcoin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-bitcoin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-bitcoin
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.