How To Install python3-pwquality on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pwquality
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-pwquality
python3-pwquality is:
libpwquality’s purpose is to provide common functions for password quality checking and also scoring them based on their apparent randomness. The library also provides a function for generating random passwords with good pronounceability.
This package contains the Python bindings.
There are three methods to install python3-pwquality
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-pwquality 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-pwquality
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pwquality
Install python3-pwquality Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pwquality
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pwquality
Install python3-pwquality 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-pwquality
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pwquality
How To Uninstall python3-pwquality on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-pwquality
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pwquality
Uninstall python3-pwquality And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pwquality
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pwquality
Remove python3-pwquality Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pwquality
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pwquality
Remove python3-pwquality configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pwquality
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pwquality
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pwquality
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.