How To Install python-bpfcc on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-bpfcc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-bpfcc is Python wrappers for BPF Compiler Collection (BCC)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bpfcc on Debian 10.

What is python-bpfcc

python-bpfcc is:

BPF Compiler Collection (BCC) is a toolkit for creating efficient kernel tracing and manipulation programs

It makes use of extended BPF (Berkeley Package Filter) and provides tools for BPF based Linux IO analysis, networking, monitoring and more

This package provides the Python bindings

There are three methods to install python-bpfcc 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-bpfcc 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-bpfcc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-bpfcc

Install python-bpfcc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-bpfcc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-bpfcc

Install python-bpfcc 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-bpfcc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-bpfcc

How To Uninstall python-bpfcc on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-bpfcc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-bpfcc

Uninstall python-bpfcc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-bpfcc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-bpfcc

Remove python-bpfcc Configurations and Data

To remove python-bpfcc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-bpfcc

Remove python-bpfcc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-bpfcc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-bpfcc

Dependencies

python-bpfcc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-bpfcc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.