How To Install python-ptrace on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ptrace on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-ptrace
python-ptrace is:
This package provides Python bindings for the ptrace library. It allows to control, debug, or modify processes using the ptrace syscall.
Features:
- High level Python object API
- Able to control multiple processes: catch fork events
- Read/write bytes to arbitrary addresses
- Execution step by step using ptrace_singlestep() or hardware int 3
- Can use distorm disassembler
- Dump registers, memory mappings, stack, etc.
- Syscall tracer and parser (strace command)
There are three methods to install python-ptrace 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-ptrace 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-ptrace using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-ptrace
Install python-ptrace Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-ptrace using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-ptrace
Install python-ptrace 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-ptrace using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-ptrace
How To Uninstall python-ptrace on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-ptrace package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-ptrace
Uninstall python-ptrace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-ptrace and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ptrace
Remove python-ptrace Configurations and Data
To remove python-ptrace configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-ptrace
Remove python-ptrace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-ptrace configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ptrace
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ptrace package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
