How To Install python3-gnupg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gnupg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-gnupg
python3-gnupg is:
Python-GnuPG allows easy and well-documented access to basic GnuPG functionality such as generating and managing keys, encrypting and decrypting data, signing and verifying messages.
This package provides Python 3.x version of python-gnupg.
There are three methods to install python3-gnupg 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-gnupg 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-gnupg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-gnupg
Install python3-gnupg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-gnupg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-gnupg
Install python3-gnupg 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-gnupg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-gnupg
How To Uninstall python3-gnupg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-gnupg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-gnupg
Uninstall python3-gnupg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-gnupg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-gnupg
Remove python3-gnupg Configurations and Data
To remove python3-gnupg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-gnupg
Remove python3-gnupg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-gnupg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-gnupg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gnupg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
