How To Install python3-natsort on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-natsort on Kali Linux.
What is python3-natsort
python3-natsort is:
natsort lets you apply natural sorting to your sequences easily, for example:
from natsort import natsorted a = [‘a2’, ‘a9’, ‘a1’, ‘a4’, ‘a10’] data = [[‘a1’, ‘a5’], [‘a1’, ‘a40’], [‘a10’, ‘a1’], [‘a2’, ‘a5’]] natsorted(a) [‘a1’, ‘a2’, ‘a4’, ‘a9’, ‘a10’ natsorted(data) [[‘a1’, ‘a5’], [‘a1’, ‘a40’], [‘a2’, ‘a5’], [‘a10’, ‘a1’]]
natsort identifies the numbers and sorts them separately from strings.
natsort comes with a shell script to use natural sorting in shell scripts. You can also execute natsort from the command line with Python -m natsort.
There exists another natural sorting package for Python called python-naturalsort. You may prefer that package if you wish to only sort version numbers.
This is the Python 3 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python3-natsort 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-natsort Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-natsort using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-natsortInstall python3-natsort Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-natsort using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-natsortInstall python3-natsort 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-natsort using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-natsortHow To Uninstall python3-natsort on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-natsort package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-natsortUninstall python3-natsort And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-natsort and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-natsortRemove python3-natsort Configurations and Data
To remove python3-natsort configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-natsortRemove python3-natsort configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-natsort configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-natsortDependencies
python3-natsort have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-natsort package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
