How To Install python3-pysodium on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pysodium on Debian 10.
What is python3-pysodium
python3-pysodium is:
This is a very simple wrapper around libsodium masquerading as nacl. Most of the *_easy functions are not implemented as the wrapper provides an easy interface to the “non-easy” functions.
This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python3-pysodium 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-pysodium 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-pysodium using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pysodium
Install python3-pysodium Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pysodium using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pysodium
Install python3-pysodium 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-pysodium using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pysodium
How To Uninstall python3-pysodium on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python3-pysodium package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pysodium
Uninstall python3-pysodium And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pysodium and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pysodium
Remove python3-pysodium Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pysodium configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pysodium
Remove python3-pysodium configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pysodium configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pysodium
Dependencies
python3-pysodium have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pysodium package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.