How To Install python3-pyelliptic on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyelliptic on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-pyelliptic
python3-pyelliptic is:
PyElliptic is a Python module that provides high level access to the OpenSSL library, featuring elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), symmetric cryptography and more.
The full list of functions is below:
Key agreement : ECDH Digital signatures : ECDSA Hybrid encryption : ECIES (like RSA) AES-128 (CBC, OFB, CFB, CTR) AES-256 (CBC, OFB, CFB, CTR) Blowfish (CFB and CBC) RC4 CSPRNG HMAC (using SHA512) PBKDF2 (SHA256 and SHA512)
This package provides the Python 3 version.
There are three methods to install python3-pyelliptic 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-pyelliptic 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-pyelliptic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pyelliptic
Install python3-pyelliptic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pyelliptic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pyelliptic
Install python3-pyelliptic 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-pyelliptic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pyelliptic
How To Uninstall python3-pyelliptic on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-pyelliptic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pyelliptic
Uninstall python3-pyelliptic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pyelliptic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pyelliptic
Remove python3-pyelliptic Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pyelliptic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pyelliptic
Remove python3-pyelliptic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pyelliptic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pyelliptic
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyelliptic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
