How To Install python-bandit on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bandit on Debian 10.
What is python-bandit
python-bandit is:
Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python code. To do this Bandit processes each file, builds an Abstract Syntaxt Tree (AST), and runs appropriate plugins against the AST nodes. Once Bandit has finished scanning all the files it generates a report.
This package contains the Python 2.7 module.
There are three methods to install python-bandit on Debian 10. 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-bandit 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-bandit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-bandit
Install python-bandit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-bandit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-bandit
Install python-bandit 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-bandit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-bandit
How To Uninstall python-bandit on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-bandit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-bandit
Uninstall python-bandit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-bandit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-bandit
Remove python-bandit Configurations and Data
To remove python-bandit configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-bandit
Remove python-bandit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-bandit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-bandit
Dependencies
python-bandit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bandit package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.