How To Install python3-bandit on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-bandit on Debian 9.
What is python3-bandit
python3-bandit is:
Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python code. To do this Bandit processes each file, builds an Abstract Syntaxt Tree (AST), and runs appropriate plugins against the AST nodes. Once Bandit has finished scanning all the files it generates a report.
This package contains the Python 3.x module.
There are three methods to install python3-bandit on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-bandit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-bandit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-bandit
Install python3-bandit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-bandit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-bandit
Install python3-bandit 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 python3-bandit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-bandit
How To Uninstall python3-bandit on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python3-bandit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-bandit
Uninstall python3-bandit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-bandit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-bandit
Remove python3-bandit Configurations and Data
To remove python3-bandit configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-bandit
Remove python3-bandit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-bandit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-bandit
Dependencies
python3-bandit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-bandit package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.