How To Install solo-python on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install solo-python on Ubuntu.

What is `solo-python`

solo-python is:

Lets you manage your SoloKeys device, the first open-source FIDO2 security key. One can generate key pairs, verify, update or reset the key.

There are three methods to install solo-python on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install solo-python Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install solo-python using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install solo-python

Install solo-python Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install solo-python using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install solo-python

Install solo-python 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 solo-python using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install solo-python

How To Uninstall solo-python on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the solo-python package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove solo-python

Uninstall solo-python And Its Dependencies

To uninstall solo-python and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove solo-python

Remove solo-python Configurations and Data

To remove solo-python configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge solo-python

Remove solo-python configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove solo-python configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge solo-python

Dependencies

solo-python have the following dependencies:

References

solo-python website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install solo-python package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.