How To Install python3-cracklib on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cracklib on Kali Linux.
What is python3-cracklib
python3-cracklib is:
This package provides Python bindings for cracklib. It contains a pythonic interface to cracklib’s functions and some Python convenience functions.
You should install this package if you want to use or develop Python3 applications that want to interface with cracklib2.
This package provides the Python3 version of cracklib2’s Python binding.
There are three methods to install python3-cracklib on Kali Linux. 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-cracklib Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-cracklib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-cracklibInstall python3-cracklib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-cracklib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-cracklibInstall python3-cracklib Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-cracklib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-cracklibHow To Uninstall python3-cracklib on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-cracklib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-cracklibUninstall python3-cracklib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-cracklib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-cracklibRemove python3-cracklib Configurations and Data
To remove python3-cracklib configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-cracklibRemove python3-cracklib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-cracklib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-cracklibDependencies
python3-cracklib have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cracklib package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
