How To Install python-nfqueue on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nfqueue on Debian 9.
What is python-nfqueue
python-nfqueue is:
nfqueue-bindings is a set of high-level modules for several languages (Python and Perl, for the moment), for libnetfilter_queue. It provides a userspace API to access packets that have been queued by the kernel packet filter using the NFQUEUE target.
This package contains the Python bindings for nfqueue.
There are three methods to install python-nfqueue 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-nfqueue 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-nfqueue using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-nfqueue
Install python-nfqueue Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-nfqueue using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-nfqueue
Install python-nfqueue 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-nfqueue using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-nfqueue
How To Uninstall python-nfqueue on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-nfqueue package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-nfqueue
Uninstall python-nfqueue And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-nfqueue and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-nfqueue
Remove python-nfqueue Configurations and Data
To remove python-nfqueue configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-nfqueue
Remove python-nfqueue configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-nfqueue configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-nfqueue
Dependencies
python-nfqueue have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nfqueue package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
