How To Install python-bandit on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bandit on Debian 9. python-bandit is Security oriented static analyzer for Python code - Python 2.7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bandit on Debian 9.

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 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-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 9

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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.