How To Install libyara9 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libyara9 on Debian 12.
What is libyara9
libyara9 is:
YARA is a tool aimed at helping malware researchers to identify and classify malware samples. With YARA, it is possible to create descriptions of malware families based on textual or binary patterns contained in samples of those families. Each description consists of a set of strings and a Boolean expression which determines its logic.
Complex and powerful rules can be created by using binary strings with wild-cards, case-insensitive text strings, special operators, regular expressions and many other features.
This package provides a shared library.
There are three methods to install libyara9 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libyara9 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libyara9 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libyara9
Install libyara9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libyara9 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libyara9
Install libyara9 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 libyara9 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libyara9
How To Uninstall libyara9 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libyara9 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libyara9
Uninstall libyara9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libyara9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libyara9
Remove libyara9 Configurations and Data
To remove libyara9 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libyara9
Remove libyara9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libyara9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libyara9
Dependencies
libyara9 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libyara9 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
