How To Install neopi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install neopi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is neopi
neopi is:
NeoPI is a Python script that uses a variety of statistical methods to detect obfuscated and encrypted content within text/script files.
The intended purpose of NeoPI is to aid in the detection of hidden web shell code.
The development focus of NeoPI was creating a tool that could be used in conjunction with other established detection methods such as Linux Malware Detect or traditional signature/keyword based searches.
NeoPI recursively scans through the file system from a base directory and will rank files based on the results of a number of tests. It also presents a “general” score derived from file rankings within the individual tests.
There are three methods to install neopi on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install neopi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install neopi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install neopi
Install neopi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install neopi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install neopi
Install neopi 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install neopi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install neopi
How To Uninstall neopi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the neopi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove neopi
Uninstall neopi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall neopi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove neopi
Remove neopi Configurations and Data
To remove neopi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge neopi
Remove neopi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove neopi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge neopi
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install neopi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
