How To Install python3-seccomp on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-seccomp on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-seccomp is high level interface to Linux seccomp filter (Python 3 bindings)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-seccomp on Debian 10.

What is python3-seccomp

python3-seccomp is:

This library provides a high level interface to constructing, analyzing and installing seccomp filters via a BPF passed to the Linux Kernel’s prctl() syscall.

There are three methods to install python3-seccomp 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 python3-seccomp 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-seccomp using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-seccomp

Install python3-seccomp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-seccomp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-seccomp

Install python3-seccomp 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-seccomp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-seccomp

How To Uninstall python3-seccomp on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-seccomp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-seccomp

Uninstall python3-seccomp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-seccomp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-seccomp

Remove python3-seccomp Configurations and Data

To remove python3-seccomp configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-seccomp

Remove python3-seccomp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-seccomp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-seccomp

Dependencies

python3-seccomp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-seccomp package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.