How To Install python3-diskimage-builder on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-diskimage-builder on Kali Linux. python3-diskimage-builder is image building tools for Openstack - Python 3.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-diskimage-builder on Kali Linux.

What is python3-diskimage-builder

python3-diskimage-builder is:

Diskimage-builder tools are the components of TripleO that are responsible for building disk images. It has the core functionality for building disk images, filesystem images and ramdisk images for use with OpenStack (both virtual and bare metal). The core functionality includes the various operating system specific modules for disk/filesystem images, and deployment and hardware inventory ramdisks.

The TripleO project also develops elements that can be used to deploy OpenStack itself. While users and operators can manually script or put together ram disks and disk images, mature automation makes customisation and testing easier.

This package provides the Python 3.x version.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-diskimage-builder

Install python3-diskimage-builder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-diskimage-builder

Install python3-diskimage-builder 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-diskimage-builder

How To Uninstall python3-diskimage-builder on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-diskimage-builder

Uninstall python3-diskimage-builder And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-diskimage-builder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-diskimage-builder

Remove python3-diskimage-builder Configurations and Data

To remove python3-diskimage-builder configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-diskimage-builder

Remove python3-diskimage-builder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-diskimage-builder

Dependencies

python3-diskimage-builder have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-diskimage-builder package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.