How To Install python-defusedxml on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-defusedxml on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-defusedxml
python-defusedxml is:
The results of an attack on a vulnerable XML library can be fairly dramatic. With just a few hundred bytes of XML data an attacker can occupy several gigabytes of memory within seconds. An attacker can also keep CPUs busy for a long time with a small to medium size request.
This library allows for XML to be parsed in a manner that avoids these pitfalls.
This package contains the module for the Python 2 interpreter.
There are three methods to install python-defusedxml 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-defusedxml 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-defusedxml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-defusedxml
Install python-defusedxml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-defusedxml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-defusedxml
Install python-defusedxml 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-defusedxml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-defusedxml
How To Uninstall python-defusedxml on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-defusedxml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-defusedxml
Uninstall python-defusedxml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-defusedxml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-defusedxml
Remove python-defusedxml Configurations and Data
To remove python-defusedxml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-defusedxml
Remove python-defusedxml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-defusedxml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-defusedxml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-defusedxml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
