How To Install python3-cracklib on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cracklib
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-cracklib
python3-cracklib is:
This package provides Python bindings for cracklib. It contains a pythonic interface to cracklib’s functions and some Python convenience functions.
You should install this package if you want to use or develop Python3 applications that want to interface with cracklib2.
This package provides the Python3 version of cracklib2’s Python binding.
There are three methods to install python3-cracklib
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-cracklib 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-cracklib
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-cracklib
Install python3-cracklib Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-cracklib
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-cracklib
Install python3-cracklib 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-cracklib
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-cracklib
How To Uninstall python3-cracklib on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-cracklib
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-cracklib
Uninstall python3-cracklib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-cracklib
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-cracklib
Remove python3-cracklib Configurations and Data
To remove python3-cracklib
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-cracklib
Remove python3-cracklib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-cracklib
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-cracklib
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cracklib
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.