How To Install python-nflog on Debian 9

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

Introduction

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

What is python-nflog

python-nflog is:

nflog-bindings is a set of high-level modules for several languages (Python and Perl, for the moment), for libnetfilter_log. It provides a userspace API to access packets that have been queued by the kernel packet filter using the NFLOG target.

This package contains the Python bindings for nflog.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-nflog

Install python-nflog Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-nflog

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-nflog

How To Uninstall python-nflog on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove python-nflog

Uninstall python-nflog And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-nflog

Remove python-nflog Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-nflog

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-nflog have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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