How To Install braa on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install braa on Debian 9.
What is braa
braa is:
Braa is a mass snmp scanner. The intended usage of such a tool is of course making SNMP queries - but unlike snmpget or snmpwalk from net-snmp, it is able to query dozens or hundreds of hosts simultaneously, and in a single process. Thus, it consumes very few system resources and does the scanning VERY fast.
Braa implements its OWN snmp stack, so it does NOT need any SNMP libraries like net-snmp. The implementation is very dirty, supports only several data types, and in any case cannot be stated ‘standard-conforming’! It was designed to be fast, and it is fast. For this reason (well, and also because of author laziness ;), there is no ASN.1 parser in braa - the user HAVE to know the numerical values of OID’s (for instance .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0 instead of system.sysName.0).
There are three methods to install braa 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 braa Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install braa using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install braa
Install braa Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install braa using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install braa
Install braa 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 braa using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install braa
How To Uninstall braa on Debian 9
To uninstall only the braa package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove braa
Uninstall braa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall braa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove braa
Remove braa Configurations and Data
To remove braa configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge braa
Remove braa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove braa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge braa
Dependencies
braa have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install braa package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.