How To Install python3-volume-key on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-volume-key
on Debian 11.
What is python3-volume-key
python3-volume-key is:
This package provides Python3 bindings for the volume-key library.
The main goal of the software is to allow restoring access to an encrypted hard drive if the primary user forgets the passphrase. The encryption key back up can also be useful for extracting data after a hardware or software failure that corrupts the header of the encrypted volume, or to access the company data after an employee leaves abruptly.
There are three methods to install python3-volume-key
on Debian 11. 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-volume-key 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-volume-key
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-volume-key
Install python3-volume-key Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-volume-key
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-volume-key
Install python3-volume-key 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-volume-key
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-volume-key
How To Uninstall python3-volume-key on Debian 11
To uninstall only the python3-volume-key
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-volume-key
Uninstall python3-volume-key And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-volume-key
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-volume-key
Remove python3-volume-key Configurations and Data
To remove python3-volume-key
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-volume-key
Remove python3-volume-key configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-volume-key
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-volume-key
Dependencies
python3-volume-key have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-volume-key
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.