How To Install python-audit on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-audit on Debian 9. python-audit is Python bindings for security auditing

Introduction

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

What is python-audit

python-audit is:

The package contains the Python bindings for libaudit and libauparse, which are used to monitor systems for security related events. Python can be used to parse and process the security event messages.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-audit

Install python-audit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-audit

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-audit

How To Uninstall python-audit on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-audit

Uninstall python-audit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-audit

Remove python-audit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-audit

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-audit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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