How To Install python3-pigpio on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pigpio on Kali Linux.
What is python3-pigpio
python3-pigpio is:
Pigpio is a set of software which allows control of the General Purpose Input Outputs (GPIO) locally or remotely. Currently only the client side is Packaged in Debian as the server side is incompatible with Debian kernels.
This package provides the python 3 client library.
There are three methods to install python3-pigpio 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-pigpio Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-pigpio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pigpioInstall python3-pigpio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-pigpio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pigpioInstall python3-pigpio 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-pigpio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pigpioHow To Uninstall python3-pigpio on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-pigpio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pigpioUninstall python3-pigpio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pigpio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pigpioRemove python3-pigpio Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pigpio configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pigpioRemove python3-pigpio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pigpio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pigpioDependencies
python3-pigpio have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pigpio package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
