How To Install python-certifi on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-certifi on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-certifi
python-certifi is:
Certifi is a carefully curated collection of Root Certificates for validating the trustworthiness of SSL certificates while verifying the identity of TLS hosts. It has been extracted from the Requests project.
The version of certifi in this Debian package is patched to return the location of Debian-provided CA certificates, instead of those packaged by upstream.
There are three methods to install python-certifi 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 python-certifi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-certifi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-certifi
Install python-certifi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-certifi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-certifi
Install python-certifi 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 python-certifi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-certifi
How To Uninstall python-certifi on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-certifi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-certifi
Uninstall python-certifi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-certifi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-certifi
Remove python-certifi Configurations and Data
To remove python-certifi configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-certifi
Remove python-certifi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-certifi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-certifi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-certifi package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
