How To Install braa on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install braa on Debian 9. braa is Mass SNMP scanner

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install braa on Debian 9.

What is braa

braa is:

Braa is a mass snmp scanner. The intended usage of such a tool is of course making SNMP queries - but unlike snmpget or snmpwalk from net-snmp, it is able to query dozens or hundreds of hosts simultaneously, and in a single process. Thus, it consumes very few system resources and does the scanning VERY fast.

Braa implements its OWN snmp stack, so it does NOT need any SNMP libraries like net-snmp. The implementation is very dirty, supports only several data types, and in any case cannot be stated ‘standard-conforming’! It was designed to be fast, and it is fast. For this reason (well, and also because of author laziness ;), there is no ASN.1 parser in braa - the user HAVE to know the numerical values of OID’s (for instance .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0 instead of system.sysName.0).

There are three methods to install braa on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install braa Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install braa

Install braa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install braa using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install braa

Install braa 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install braa using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install braa

How To Uninstall braa on Debian 9

To uninstall only the braa package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove braa

Uninstall braa And Its Dependencies

To uninstall braa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove braa

Remove braa Configurations and Data

To remove braa configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge braa

Remove braa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge braa

Dependencies

braa have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install braa package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.