How To Install python3-twython on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-twython on Kali Linux.
What is python3-twython
python3-twython is:
Twython is the premier Python3 library providing an easy (and up-to-date) way to access Twitter data. Supports both normal and streaming Twitter APIs. Twython can query data for: -User information -Twitter lists -Timelines -Direct Messages. Twython implements many features that work with the different tasks that can be performed with the Twitter images like update user status with images, change user avatar, change user background image, change user banner image.
There are three methods to install python3-twython 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-twython Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-twython using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-twythonInstall python3-twython Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-twython using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-twythonInstall python3-twython 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-twython using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-twythonHow To Uninstall python3-twython on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-twython package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-twythonUninstall python3-twython And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-twython and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-twythonRemove python3-twython Configurations and Data
To remove python3-twython configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-twythonRemove python3-twython configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-twython configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-twythonDependencies
python3-twython have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-twython package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
