How To Install python3-macaroonbakery on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-macaroonbakery on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-macaroonbakery is Higher-level macaroon operations for Python 3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-macaroonbakery on Debian 10.

What is python3-macaroonbakery

python3-macaroonbakery is:

Macaroons, like cookies, are a form of bearer credential. Unlike opaque tokens, macaroons embed caveats that define specific authorization requirements for the target service, the service that issued the root macaroon and which is capable of verifying the integrity of macaroons it receives.

Macaroons allow for delegation and attenuation of authorization. They are simple and fast to verify, and decouple authorization policy from the enforcement of that policy.

The macaroonbakery library builds on pymacaroons to allow working with macaroons at a higher level, such as by automatically gathering discharge macaroons for third-party caveats from their corresponding services.

There are three methods to install python3-macaroonbakery on Debian 10. 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-macaroonbakery 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-macaroonbakery using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-macaroonbakery

Install python3-macaroonbakery Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-macaroonbakery using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-macaroonbakery

Install python3-macaroonbakery 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-macaroonbakery using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-macaroonbakery

How To Uninstall python3-macaroonbakery on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-macaroonbakery package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-macaroonbakery

Uninstall python3-macaroonbakery And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-macaroonbakery and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-macaroonbakery

Remove python3-macaroonbakery Configurations and Data

To remove python3-macaroonbakery configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-macaroonbakery

Remove python3-macaroonbakery configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-macaroonbakery configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-macaroonbakery

Dependencies

python3-macaroonbakery have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-macaroonbakery package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.