How To Install python-tsk on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tsk
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-tsk
python-tsk is:
This package contains Python 2 bindings to libtsk3, the shared library that provides all the functionality of The Sleuth Kit.
There are three methods to install python-tsk
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-tsk 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-tsk
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-tsk
Install python-tsk Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-tsk
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-tsk
Install python-tsk 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-tsk
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-tsk
How To Uninstall python-tsk on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-tsk
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-tsk
Uninstall python-tsk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-tsk
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-tsk
Remove python-tsk Configurations and Data
To remove python-tsk
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-tsk
Remove python-tsk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-tsk
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-tsk
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tsk
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.