How To Install python-dpkt on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dpkt
on Debian 10.
What is python-dpkt
python-dpkt is:
Python 2 module for fast, simple packet creation / parsing, with support for basic protocols often related to TCP/IP protocols. This includes (but is not limited to):
- ethernet
- HTTP
- ICMP
- UDP
- TCP/IP (v4 and v6)
- BGP
- radius
- ssl and many other protocols as well as support for parsing pcap files.
There are three methods to install python-dpkt
on Debian 10. 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-dpkt 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-dpkt
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-dpkt
Install python-dpkt Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-dpkt
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-dpkt
Install python-dpkt 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-dpkt
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-dpkt
How To Uninstall python-dpkt on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-dpkt
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-dpkt
Uninstall python-dpkt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-dpkt
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-dpkt
Remove python-dpkt Configurations and Data
To remove python-dpkt
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-dpkt
Remove python-dpkt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-dpkt
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-dpkt
Dependencies
python-dpkt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dpkt
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.