How To Install python3-certbot on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-certbot on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-certbot
python3-certbot is:
The objective of Certbot, Let’s Encrypt, and the ACME (Automated Certificate Management Environment) protocol is to make it possible to set up an HTTPS server and have it automatically obtain a browser-trusted certificate, without any human intervention. This is accomplished by running a certificate management agent on the web server.
This agent is used to:
- Automatically prove to the Let’s Encrypt CA that you control the website
- Obtain a browser-trusted certificate and set it up on your web server
- Keep track of when your certificate is going to expire, and renew it
- Help you revoke the certificate if that ever becomes necessary.
This package contains the main libraries.
Package: python3-certbot Architecture: all Version: 0.40.0-1 Priority: optional Section: universe/python Source: python-certbot Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Let’s Encrypt [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1286 Depends: python3-acme (>= 0.40.0~), python3-requests (>= 2.4.3), python3-configargparse (>= 0.10.0), python3-configobj, python3-cryptography (>= 1.2.3), python3-distro, python3-josepy (>= 1.1.0~), python3-mock, python3-parsedatetime (>= 1.3), python3-pkg-resources, python3-rfc3339, python3-tz, python3-zope.component, python3-zope.interface, python3:any Recommends: certbot Suggests: python-certbot-doc Breaks: python-certbot-apache (« 0.20.0), python-certbot-nginx (« 0.20.0), python-letsencrypt (<= 0.6.0) Replaces: python-letsencrypt Filename: pool/universe/p/python-certbot/python3-certbot_0.40.0-1_all.deb Size: 222556 MD5sum: a1b3c354e46b4de41e13b070ccc0bea5 SHA1: 13d25eea9b7efdc60a3e91ac16952797d10b2544 SHA256: 0866b083791a909db02e24d4bfe693fcde925807dc2e636aadb9bdd06b63b18f Homepage: https://certbot.eff.org/ Description-en: main library for certbot The objective of Certbot, Let’s Encrypt, and the ACME (Automated Certificate Management Environment) protocol is to make it possible to set up an HTTPS server and have it automatically obtain a browser-trusted certificate, without any human intervention. This is accomplished by running a certificate management agent on the web server.
This agent is used to:
- Automatically prove to the Let’s Encrypt CA that you control the website
- Obtain a browser-trusted certificate and set it up on your web server
- Keep track of when your certificate is going to expire, and renew it
- Help you revoke the certificate if that ever becomes necessary.
This package contains the main libraries.
There are three methods to install python3-certbot on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-certbot 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-certbot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-certbot
Install python3-certbot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-certbot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-certbot
Install python3-certbot 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-certbot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-certbot
How To Uninstall python3-certbot on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-certbot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-certbot
Uninstall python3-certbot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-certbot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-certbot
Remove python3-certbot Configurations and Data
To remove python3-certbot configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-certbot
Remove python3-certbot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-certbot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-certbot
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-certbot package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.