How To Install python-vulndb on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-vulndb on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-vulndb is Python2 tool to provide access to the vulndb information

Introduction

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

What is python-vulndb

python-vulndb is:

It’s a Python2 SDK to access the vulnerability database. User, contributor and developer-friendly vulnerability database. The goal is to provide a vulnerability database which is:

  • Actionable, easy to read and understand for developers and sysadmins who need to fix the vulnerability
  • Easy to integrate by developers into any vulnerability scanner, report generator, penetration testing tool or related tool.
  • Trivial to contribute to, by using JSON to store the vulnerabilities

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-vulndb

Install python-vulndb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-vulndb

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-vulndb

How To Uninstall python-vulndb on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python-vulndb

Uninstall python-vulndb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-vulndb

Remove python-vulndb Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-vulndb

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-vulndb have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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