Installation

Requirements

• Python
  • Python 2.6, 2.7
  • Python >= 3.2
  • PyPy >= 2.0
• ssdeep/libfuzzy >= 2.10 (Some features might not be available with older versions. See ssdeep.Hash)
• cffi
• pip
• six

Install on CentOS 7

Python 2

Use included ssdeep lib

Install required packages.

$ sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
$ sudo yum install epel-release
$ sudo yum install libffi-devel python-devel python-pip automake autoconf libtool

Build and install Python module.

$ sudo BUILD_LIB=1 pip install ssdeep

Use lib from epel

Install required packages.

$ sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
$ sudo yum install epel-release
$ sudo yum install libffi-devel python-devel python-pip ssdeep-devel ssdeep-libs

Build and install Python module.

$ sudo pip install ssdeep

Install on Debian 7

Python 2

Use included ssdeep lib

Install required packages.

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libffi-dev python python-dev python-pip automake autoconf libtool

Build and install Python module.

$ sudo BUILD_LIB=1 pip install ssdeep

Python 3

Use included ssdeep lib

Install required packages.

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libffi-dev python3 python3-dev python3-pip automake autoconf libtool

Build and install Python module.

$ sudo BUILD_LIB=1 pip install ssdeep

Install on Debian 8/9

Python 2

Use included ssdeep lib

Install required packages.

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libffi-dev python python-dev python-pip automake autoconf libtool

Build and install Python module.

$ sudo BUILD_LIB=1 pip install ssdeep

Use ssdeep from Debian repository

Install required packages.

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libffi-dev python python-dev python-pip libfuzzy-dev

Build and install Python module.

$ sudo pip install ssdeep

Python 3

Use included ssdeep lib

Install required packages.

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libffi-dev python3 python3-dev python3-pip automake autoconf libtool

Build and install Python module.

$ sudo BUILD_LIB=1 pip3 install ssdeep

Use ssdeep from Debian repository

Install required packages.

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libffi-dev python3 python3-dev python3-pip libfuzzy-dev

Build and install Python module.

$ sudo pip3 install ssdeep

Install on Ubuntu 12.04

Python 2

Use included ssdeep lib

Install required packages.

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libffi-dev python python-dev python-pip automake autoconf libtool

Build and install Python module.

$ sudo BUILD_LIB=1 pip install ssdeep

Python 3

Use included ssdeep lib

Install required packages.

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libffi-dev python3 python3-dev python3-setuptools automake autoconf libtool

Build and install Python module.

$ sudo easy_install3 pip
$ sudo BUILD_LIB=1 pip3 install ssdeep

Install on Ubuntu 14.04

Python 2

Use included ssdeep lib

Install required packages.

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libffi-dev python python-dev python-pip automake autoconf libtool

Build and install Python module.

$ sudo BUILD_LIB=1 pip install ssdeep

Python 3

Use included ssdeep lib

Install required packages.

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libffi-dev python3 python3-dev python3-pip automake autoconf libtool

Build and install Python module.

$ sudo BUILD_LIB=1 pip3 install ssdeep

Install on Ubuntu 16.04

Python 2

Use lib from official Ubuntu repository (recommended)

Install required packages.

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libffi-dev python python-dev python-pip libfuzzy-dev

Build and install Python module.

$ pip install ssdeep

Use included ssdeep lib

Install required packages.

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libffi-dev python python-dev python-pip automake autoconf libtool

Build and install Python module.

$ BUILD_LIB=1 pip install ssdeep

Python 3

Use lib from official Ubuntu repository (recommended)

Install required packages.

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libffi-dev python3 python3-dev python3-pip libfuzzy-dev

Build and install Python module.

$ pip3 install ssdeep

Use included ssdeep lib

Install required packages.

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libffi-dev python3 python3-dev python3-pip automake autoconf libtool

Build and install Python module.

$ BUILD_LIB=1 pip3 install ssdeep

Install on Fedora 27

Python 2

Use lib from Fedora repository

Install required packages.

$ sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools"
$ sudo dnf install libffi-devel python-devel python-pip ssdeep-devel ssdeep-libs

Build and install Python module.

$ sudo pip install ssdeep

Python 3

Use lib from Fedora repository

Install required packages.

$ sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools"
$ sudo dnf install libffi-devel python3-devel python3-pip ssdeep-devel ssdeep-libs

Build and install Python module.

$ sudo pip3 install ssdeep