How To Install python3-ecdsa on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ecdsa
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-ecdsa
python3-ecdsa is:
This is an easy-to-use implementation of ECDSA cryptography (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm), implemented purely in Python. With this library, you can quickly create keypairs (signing key and verifying key), sign messages, and verify the signatures. The keys and signatures are very short, making them easy to handle and incorporate into other protocols.
This package contains the module for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-ecdsa
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-ecdsa 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-ecdsa
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-ecdsa
Install python3-ecdsa Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-ecdsa
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-ecdsa
Install python3-ecdsa 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-ecdsa
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-ecdsa
How To Uninstall python3-ecdsa on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-ecdsa
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-ecdsa
Uninstall python3-ecdsa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-ecdsa
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-ecdsa
Remove python3-ecdsa Configurations and Data
To remove python3-ecdsa
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-ecdsa
Remove python3-ecdsa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-ecdsa
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-ecdsa
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ecdsa
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.