How To Install python3-cvelib on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cvelib on Debian 12.
What is python3-cvelib
python3-cvelib is:
cvelib is a library and a command line interface to interact with the MITRE CVE Services API, including functions to reserve one or more CVE IDs for a CNA, filter and list reserved CVEs owned by a CNA, and administration of user and tokes for a CNA.
This package installs the library for Python 3 and a CLI tool.
There are three methods to install python3-cvelib on Debian 12. 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-cvelib 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-cvelib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-cvelib
Install python3-cvelib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-cvelib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-cvelib
Install python3-cvelib 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-cvelib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-cvelib
How To Uninstall python3-cvelib on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-cvelib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-cvelib
Uninstall python3-cvelib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-cvelib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-cvelib
Remove python3-cvelib Configurations and Data
To remove python3-cvelib configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-cvelib
Remove python3-cvelib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-cvelib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-cvelib
Dependencies
python3-cvelib have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cvelib package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
