How To Install snimpy on Debian 12

Learn how to install snimpy on Debian 12 with this tutorial. snimpy is interactive SNMP tool with Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install snimpy on Debian 12.

What is snimpy

snimpy is:

Snimpy is a Python-based tool providing a simple interface to build SNMP queries. This interface aims at being the most Pythonic possible: you grab scalars using attributes and columns are like dictionaries.

Snimpy can either be used interactively through its console (derived from Python own console or from IPython if available) or by writing snimpy scripts which are just Python scripts with some global variables available.

There are three methods to install snimpy 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 snimpy Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install snimpy

Install snimpy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install snimpy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install snimpy

Install snimpy 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 snimpy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install snimpy

How To Uninstall snimpy on Debian 12

To uninstall only the snimpy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove snimpy

Uninstall snimpy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall snimpy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove snimpy

Remove snimpy Configurations and Data

To remove snimpy configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge snimpy

Remove snimpy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snimpy

Dependencies

snimpy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install snimpy package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.