How To Install python3-yara on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-yara on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-yara is Python 3 bindings for YARA

Introduction

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

What is python3-yara

python3-yara is:

YARA is a tool aimed at helping malware researchers to identify and classify malware samples. With YARA, it is possible to create descriptions of malware families based on textual or binary patterns contained in samples of those families. Each description consists of a set of strings and a Boolean expression which determines its logic.

Complex and powerful rules can be created by using binary strings with wild-cards, case-insensitive text strings, special operators, regular expressions and many other features.

This package provides Python 3 bindings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-yara

Install python3-yara Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-yara

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-yara

How To Uninstall python3-yara on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-yara

Uninstall python3-yara And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-yara

Remove python3-yara Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-yara

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-yara have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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