How To Install python3-ptrace on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ptrace on Debian 11.
What is python3-ptrace
python3-ptrace is:
This package provides Python bindings for the ptrace library. It allows controlling, debugging, or modifying processes using the ptrace syscall.
Features:
- High level Python object API
- Able to control multiple processes: catch fork events
- Read/write bytes to arbitrary addresses
- Execution step by step using ptrace_singlestep() or hardware int 3
- Can use distorm disassembler
- Dump registers, memory mappings, stack, etc.
- Syscall tracer and parser (strace command)
This package provides the ptrace Python module for Python 3.x.
There are three methods to install python3-ptrace 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-ptrace 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-ptrace using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-ptrace
Install python3-ptrace Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-ptrace using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-ptrace
Install python3-ptrace 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-ptrace using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-ptrace
How To Uninstall python3-ptrace on Debian 11
To uninstall only the python3-ptrace package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-ptrace
Uninstall python3-ptrace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-ptrace and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-ptrace
Remove python3-ptrace Configurations and Data
To remove python3-ptrace configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-ptrace
Remove python3-ptrace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-ptrace configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-ptrace
Dependencies
python3-ptrace have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ptrace package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
