How To Install trezor 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 trezor on Ubuntu.
What is trezor
trezor is:
No matter how unprotected your computer or internet connection might be, your coins always stay safe with TREZOR as it never exposes your private keys. TREZOR is an isolated environment for offline transaction signing and using a small display you can visually verify the transaction contents. That’s why all operations using TREZOR are entirely safe.
This package contains the trezorctl binary for interacting with a TREZOR wallet, and the udev rules needed to make the device accessible.
There are three methods to install trezor 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 trezor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install trezor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install trezor
Install trezor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install trezor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install trezor
Install trezor 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 trezor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install trezor
How To Uninstall trezor on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the trezor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove trezor
Uninstall trezor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall trezor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove trezor
Remove trezor Configurations and Data
To remove trezor configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge trezor
Remove trezor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove trezor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge trezor
Dependencies
trezor have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install trezor package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.