How To Install python3-electrum on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-electrum
on Debian 11.
What is python3-electrum
python3-electrum is:
This package provides a lightweight Bitcoin client which protects you from losing your bitcoins in a backup mistake or computer failure. Also, Electrum does not require waiting time because it does not download the Bitcoin blockchain.
This package provides the “electrum” Python module which can be used to access a Bitcoin wallet from Python programs.
There are three methods to install python3-electrum
on Debian 11. 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-electrum 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-electrum
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-electrum
Install python3-electrum Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-electrum
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-electrum
Install python3-electrum 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-electrum
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-electrum
How To Uninstall python3-electrum on Debian 11
To uninstall only the python3-electrum
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-electrum
Uninstall python3-electrum And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-electrum
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-electrum
Remove python3-electrum Configurations and Data
To remove python3-electrum
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-electrum
Remove python3-electrum configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-electrum
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-electrum
Dependencies
python3-electrum have the following dependencies:
- libsecp256k1-0
- python3-cryptography
- python3-aiohttp
- python3-aiohttp-socks
- python3-aiorpcx
- python3-attr
- python3-bitstring
- python3-certifi
- python3-dnspython
- python3-protobuf
- python3-qrcode
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-electrum
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.