How to Install Python RSA Package on MacOS?

Python-RSA is an RSA implementation that is written entirely in Python. According to PKCS#1 version 1.5, it provides good support to encryption and decryption, signing and checking signatures, and key creation. It can be used both on the command line and as a Python library. In this article, we will discuss how to install Python-RSA on macOS.

Installing Python RSA on MacOS

Method 1: Using pip to install Python RSA Package

Follow the below steps to install the Python RSA package on macOS using pip:

Step 1: Install the latest version of Python3 in macOS.

Step 2: Now check if pip3 and python3 are successfully installed in your system.

python3 –version

pip3 –version

Step 3: Upgrade your pip with the latest version to avoid errors during the installation process.

pip3 install –upgrade pip

Step 4: Now we install Python RSA using pip3. So enter the following command in your terminal:

pip3 install rsa

Method 2: Using setup.py to install Python RSA

Follow the below steps to install the Python RSA package on macOS using the setup.py file:

Step 1: Download the latest source package of Python RSA from here.

curl https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/8c/ee/4022542e0fed77dd6ddade38e1e4dea3299f873b7fd4e6d78319953b0f83/rsa-4.8.tar.gz > rsa.tar.gz

Step 2: Now extract the downloaded package with help of the following command.

tar -xzvf rsa.tar.gz

Step 3: Go to the main rsa-4.8 folder and use the following command to install the package.

cd rsa-4.8

python3 setup.py install

Note: Here, you are required to have developer tools for XCode MacOS installed in your system

Verifying Python RSA installation on macOS

To verify that Python RSA is successfully installed in your system use the following command in your terminal:

import rsa

If you do not get any error in the output then this means that the Python RSA is successfully installed in your system.