How To Install python-nmap on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-nmap on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-nmap is Python interface to the Nmap port scanner

Introduction

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

What is python-nmap

python-nmap is:

It helps manipulating nmap scan results and can be useful to systems administrators to automate scanning task and reports. It also supports nmap script outputs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-nmap

Install python-nmap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-nmap

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-nmap

How To Uninstall python-nmap on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-nmap

Uninstall python-nmap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-nmap

Remove python-nmap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-nmap

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-nmap have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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