How To Install python3-scrypt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-scrypt on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-scrypt
python3-scrypt is:
This is a set of Python bindings for the scrypt key derivation function.
Scrypt is useful when encrypting password as it is possible to specify a minimum amount of time to use when encrypting and decrypting. If, for example, a password takes 0.05 seconds to verify, a user won’t notice the slight delay when signing in, but doing a brute force search of several billion passwords will take a considerable amount of time. This is in contrast to more traditional hash functions such as MD5 or the SHA family which can be implemented extremely fast on cheap hardware.
There are three methods to install python3-scrypt 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-scrypt 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-scrypt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-scrypt
Install python3-scrypt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-scrypt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-scrypt
Install python3-scrypt 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-scrypt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-scrypt
How To Uninstall python3-scrypt on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-scrypt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-scrypt
Uninstall python3-scrypt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-scrypt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-scrypt
Remove python3-scrypt Configurations and Data
To remove python3-scrypt configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-scrypt
Remove python3-scrypt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-scrypt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-scrypt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-scrypt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
