How To Install python-distorm3 on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-distorm3 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-distorm3 is powerful disassembler library for x86/AMD64 binary streams (Python bindings)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-distorm3 on Debian 10.

What is python-distorm3

python-distorm3 is:

diStorm3 is a binary stream disassembler library project.

With diStorm3, no more parsing strings is needed. diStorm3 is really a decomposer, which means it takes an instruction and returns a binary structure which describes it rather than static text. This is great for advanced binary code analysis.

This package provides the Python bindings.

There are three methods to install python-distorm3 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-distorm3 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-distorm3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-distorm3

Install python-distorm3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-distorm3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-distorm3

Install python-distorm3 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-distorm3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-distorm3

How To Uninstall python-distorm3 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-distorm3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-distorm3

Uninstall python-distorm3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-distorm3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-distorm3

Remove python-distorm3 Configurations and Data

To remove python-distorm3 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-distorm3

Remove python-distorm3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-distorm3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-distorm3

Dependencies

python-distorm3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-distorm3 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.