How To Install python-libevtx on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-libevtx on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-libevtx is Windows XML Event Log format access library – Python 2 bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libevtx on Debian 10.

What is python-libevtx

python-libevtx is:

libevtx is a library to access the Windows XML Event Log (EVTX) format.

This package contains Python 2 bindings for libevtx.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-libevtx

Install python-libevtx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-libevtx

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-libevtx

How To Uninstall python-libevtx on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-libevtx

Uninstall python-libevtx And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-libevtx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libevtx

Remove python-libevtx Configurations and Data

To remove python-libevtx configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-libevtx

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-libevtx have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libevtx package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.