How To Install python-nflog on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nflog on Debian 9.
What is python-nflog
python-nflog is:
nflog-bindings is a set of high-level modules for several languages (Python and Perl, for the moment), for libnetfilter_log. It provides a userspace API to access packets that have been queued by the kernel packet filter using the NFLOG target.
This package contains the Python bindings for nflog.
There are three methods to install python-nflog 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-nflog 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-nflog using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-nflog
Install python-nflog Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-nflog using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-nflog
Install python-nflog 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-nflog using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-nflog
How To Uninstall python-nflog on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-nflog package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-nflog
Uninstall python-nflog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-nflog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-nflog
Remove python-nflog Configurations and Data
To remove python-nflog configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-nflog
Remove python-nflog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-nflog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-nflog
Dependencies
python-nflog have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nflog package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.