How To Install python3-scp on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-scp
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-scp
python3-scp is:
The scp.py module uses a paramiko transport to send and receive files via the scp1 protocol. This is the protocol as referenced from the openssh scp program, and has only been tested with this implementation.
This package contains the Python 3 module for scp.
There are three methods to install python3-scp
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-scp 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-scp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-scp
Install python3-scp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-scp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-scp
Install python3-scp 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-scp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-scp
How To Uninstall python3-scp on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-scp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-scp
Uninstall python3-scp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-scp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-scp
Remove python3-scp Configurations and Data
To remove python3-scp
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-scp
Remove python3-scp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-scp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-scp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-scp
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.