How To Install python3-pydenticon on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pydenticon on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-pydenticon
python3-pydenticon is:
Pydenticon is a small utility library that can be used for deterministically generating identicons based on the hash of provided data.
The implementation is a port of the Sigil identicon implementation.
Pydenticon provides a couple of extensions of its own when compared to the original Sigil implementation, like:
- Ability to supply custom digest algorithms (allowing for larger identicons if digest provides enough entropy).
- Ability to specify a rectangle for identicon size.
This package is for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-pydenticon 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-pydenticon 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-pydenticon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pydenticon
Install python3-pydenticon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pydenticon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pydenticon
Install python3-pydenticon 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-pydenticon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pydenticon
How To Uninstall python3-pydenticon on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-pydenticon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pydenticon
Uninstall python3-pydenticon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pydenticon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pydenticon
Remove python3-pydenticon Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pydenticon configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pydenticon
Remove python3-pydenticon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pydenticon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pydenticon
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pydenticon package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
