How To Install python-ssdeep on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ssdeep on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-ssdeep
python-ssdeep is:
This is a straightforward Python wrapper for ssdeep by Jesse Kornblum, which is a library for computing context triggered piecewise hashes (CTPH). Also called fuzzy hashes, CTPH can match inputs that have homologies. Such inputs have sequences of identical bytes in the same order, although bytes in between these sequences may be different in both content and length.
This package contains the extension built for Python 2.x.
There are three methods to install python-ssdeep 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-ssdeep 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-ssdeep using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-ssdeep
Install python-ssdeep Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-ssdeep using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-ssdeep
Install python-ssdeep 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-ssdeep using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-ssdeep
How To Uninstall python-ssdeep on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-ssdeep package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-ssdeep
Uninstall python-ssdeep And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-ssdeep and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ssdeep
Remove python-ssdeep Configurations and Data
To remove python-ssdeep configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-ssdeep
Remove python-ssdeep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-ssdeep configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ssdeep
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ssdeep package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
