How To Install python-openssl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-openssl on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-openssl
python-openssl is:
High-level wrapper around a subset of the OpenSSL library, includes
- SSL.Connection objects, wrapping the methods of Python’s portable sockets
- Callbacks written in Python
- Extensive error-handling mechanism, mirroring OpenSSL’s error codes
A lot of the object methods do nothing more than calling a corresponding function in the OpenSSL library.
There are three methods to install python-openssl 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-openssl 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-openssl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-openssl
Install python-openssl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-openssl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-openssl
Install python-openssl 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-openssl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-openssl
How To Uninstall python-openssl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-openssl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-openssl
Uninstall python-openssl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-openssl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-openssl
Remove python-openssl Configurations and Data
To remove python-openssl configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-openssl
Remove python-openssl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-openssl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-openssl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-openssl package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
