How To Install python3-plaso on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-plaso
on Debian 11.
What is python3-plaso
python3-plaso is:
Plaso (plaso langar a? safna ?llu) is the Python based back-end engine used by tools such as log2timeline for automatic creation of a super timelines. The goal of log2timeline (and thus plaso) is to provide a single tool that can parse various log files and forensic artifacts from computers and related systems, such as network equipment to produce a single correlated timeline. This timeline can then be easily analysed by forensic investigators/analysts, speeding up investigations by correlating the vast amount of information found on an average computer system.
This package contains a Plaso installation for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-plaso
on Debian 11. 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-plaso 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-plaso
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-plaso
Install python3-plaso Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-plaso
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-plaso
Install python3-plaso 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-plaso
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-plaso
How To Uninstall python3-plaso on Debian 11
To uninstall only the python3-plaso
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-plaso
Uninstall python3-plaso And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-plaso
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-plaso
Remove python3-plaso Configurations and Data
To remove python3-plaso
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-plaso
Remove python3-plaso configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-plaso
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-plaso
Dependencies
python3-plaso have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-plaso
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.