How To Install python-audit on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-audit on Debian 9.
What is python-audit
python-audit is:
The package contains the Python bindings for libaudit and libauparse, which are used to monitor systems for security related events. Python can be used to parse and process the security event messages.
There are three methods to install python-audit 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 python-audit 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-audit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-audit
Install python-audit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-audit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-audit
Install python-audit 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 python-audit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-audit
How To Uninstall python-audit on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-audit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-audit
Uninstall python-audit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-audit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-audit
Remove python-audit Configurations and Data
To remove python-audit configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-audit
Remove python-audit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-audit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-audit
Dependencies
python-audit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-audit package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.