How To Install python-artifacts on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-artifacts on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-artifacts
python-artifacts is:
A free, community-sourced, machine-readable knowledge base of forensic artifacts that the world can use both as an information source and within other tools.
This package installs the Python 2 version.
There are three methods to install python-artifacts 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 python-artifacts 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-artifacts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-artifacts
Install python-artifacts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-artifacts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-artifacts
Install python-artifacts 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 python-artifacts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-artifacts
How To Uninstall python-artifacts on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-artifacts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-artifacts
Uninstall python-artifacts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-artifacts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-artifacts
Remove python-artifacts Configurations and Data
To remove python-artifacts configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-artifacts
Remove python-artifacts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-artifacts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-artifacts
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-artifacts package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
