How To Install python3-pyequihash on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyequihash on Debian 12.
What is python3-pyequihash
python3-pyequihash is:
Equihash implements the algorith as described in “Equihash: Asymmetric Proof-of-Work Based on the Generalized Birthday Problem” by Alex Biryukov and Dmitry Khovratovich, 2016, DOI:10.14722/ndss.2016.23108. This code, by Stefan Marsiske, is a fork of an ealier implementation by Khovratovich at https://github.com/khovratovich/equihash/ ; it provides a library, a C API and Python bindings. The cryptographic password storage SPHINX (pwdsphinx and libsphinx) depend upon equihash.
This package offers a Python wrapper for the C library and comes with functions equihash.solve(n, k, seed) and equihash.verify (n,k,seed,sol).
There are three methods to install python3-pyequihash on Debian 12. 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-pyequihash 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-pyequihash using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pyequihash
Install python3-pyequihash Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pyequihash using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pyequihash
Install python3-pyequihash 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-pyequihash using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pyequihash
How To Uninstall python3-pyequihash on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-pyequihash package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pyequihash
Uninstall python3-pyequihash And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pyequihash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pyequihash
Remove python3-pyequihash Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pyequihash configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pyequihash
Remove python3-pyequihash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pyequihash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pyequihash
Dependencies
python3-pyequihash have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyequihash package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
