How To Install python3-ssdeep on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ssdeep in Fedora 36. python3-ssdeep is Python wrapper for the ssdeep library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ssdeep on Fedora 36.

What is python3-ssdeep

A straightforward Python module for ssdeep by Jesse Kornblum, which is a library for computing context triggered piecewise hashes (CTPH). Also called fuzzy hashes, CTPH can match inputs that have homologies. Such inputs have sequences of identical bytes in the same order, although bytes in between these sequences may be different in both content and length.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-ssdeep on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-ssdeep.

Install python3-ssdeep on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-ssdeep using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-ssdeep

Install python3-ssdeep on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-ssdeep using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-ssdeep

How To Uninstall python3-ssdeep on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the python3-ssdeep package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-ssdeep

python3-ssdeep Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/04ee7eaa8f0444026a93092b187559ed0ea163
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep-3.4-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep-3.4-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep-3.4-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep-3.4-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep-3.4-py3.10.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep-3.4-py3.10.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep-3.4-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep/__about__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep/__pycache__/__about__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep/__pycache__/__about__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep/__pycache__/_ssdeep_cffi_a28e5628x27adcb8d.c
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep/__pycache__/binding.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep/__pycache__/binding.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep/_ssdeep_cffi_a28e5628x27adcb8d.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ssdeep/binding.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-ssdeep
/usr/share/doc/python3-ssdeep/CHANGELOG.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-ssdeep/CONTRIBUTING.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-ssdeep
/usr/share/licenses/python3-ssdeep/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ssdeep on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).