How To Install python-artifacts on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-artifacts on Debian 9. python-artifacts is knowledge base of forensic artifacts (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-artifacts on Debian 9.

What is python-artifacts

python-artifacts is:

A free, community-sourced, machine-readable knowledge base of forensic artifacts that the world can use both as an information source and within other tools.

This package installs the Python 2 version.

There are three methods to install python-artifacts 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 python-artifacts 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-artifacts using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-artifacts

Install python-artifacts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-artifacts

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-artifacts

How To Uninstall python-artifacts on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-artifacts

Uninstall python-artifacts And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-artifacts

Remove python-artifacts Configurations and Data

To remove python-artifacts configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-artifacts

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-artifacts have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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