How To Install python-nids on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nids on Debian 10.
What is python-nids
python-nids is:
This package is commonly known as pynids. It is a Python wrapper for the libnids packet capture analysis library, a Network Intrusion Detection System library offering sniffing, IP defragmentation, TCP stream reassembly and TCP port scan detection.
There are three methods to install python-nids 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-nids 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-nids using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-nids
Install python-nids Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-nids using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-nids
Install python-nids 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-nids using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-nids
How To Uninstall python-nids on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-nids package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-nids
Uninstall python-nids And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-nids and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-nids
Remove python-nids Configurations and Data
To remove python-nids configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-nids
Remove python-nids configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-nids configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-nids
Dependencies
python-nids have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nids package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.