How To Install python-libnmap on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libnmap
on Debian 10.
What is python-libnmap
python-libnmap is:
This package contains a Python library enabling Python developers to manipulate nmap process and data: * automate or schedule nmap scans on a regular basis * manipulate nmap scans results to do reporting * compare and diff nmap scans to generate graphs * batch process scan reports * … The lib currently offers the following modules: * process: enables you to launch nmap scans * parse: enables you to parse nmap reports or scan results (only XML so far) from a file, a string,?? * report: enables you to manipulate a parsed scan result and de/serialize scan results in a json format * diff: enables you to see what changed between two scans * common: contains basic nmap objects like NmapHost and NmapService. It is to note that each object can be ??diff()ed?? with another similar object. * plugins: enables you to support datastores for your scan results directly in the ??NmapReport?? object. from report module: * mongodb: insert/get/getAll/delete * sqlalchemy: insert/get/getAll/delete * aws s3: insert/get/getAll/delete (not supported for Python3 since boto is not supporting py3)
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-libnmap
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-libnmap 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-libnmap
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libnmap
Install python-libnmap Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libnmap
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libnmap
Install python-libnmap 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-libnmap
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libnmap
How To Uninstall python-libnmap on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-libnmap
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libnmap
Uninstall python-libnmap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libnmap
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libnmap
Remove python-libnmap Configurations and Data
To remove python-libnmap
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libnmap
Remove python-libnmap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libnmap
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libnmap
Dependencies
python-libnmap have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libnmap
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.