How To Install python3-ssdeep on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ssdeep on Debian 12.
What is python3-ssdeep
python3-ssdeep is:
This is a straightforward Python wrapper for ssdeep by Jesse Kornblum, which is a library for computing context triggered piecewise hashes (CTPH). Also called fuzzy hashes, CTPH can match inputs that have homologies. Such inputs have sequences of identical bytes in the same order, although bytes in between these sequences may be different in both content and length.
This package contains the extension built for Python 3.x.
There are three methods to install python3-ssdeep 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-ssdeep 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-ssdeep using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-ssdeep
Install python3-ssdeep Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-ssdeep using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-ssdeep
Install python3-ssdeep 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-ssdeep using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-ssdeep
How To Uninstall python3-ssdeep on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-ssdeep package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-ssdeep
Uninstall python3-ssdeep And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-ssdeep and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-ssdeep
Remove python3-ssdeep Configurations and Data
To remove python3-ssdeep configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-ssdeep
Remove python3-ssdeep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-ssdeep configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-ssdeep
Dependencies
python3-ssdeep have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ssdeep package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
