How To Install python3-virtualenv-clone on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-virtualenv-clone on Kali Linux. python3-virtualenv-clone is script for cloning a non-relocatable virtualenv (Python3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-virtualenv-clone on Kali Linux.

What is python3-virtualenv-clone

python3-virtualenv-clone is:

Virtualenv provides a way to make virtualenv’s relocatable which could then be copied as wanted. However making a virtualenv relocatable this way breaks the no-site-packages isolation of the virtualenv as well as other aspects that come with relative paths and ‘/usr/bin/env’ shebangs that may be undesirable.

Also, the .pth and .egg-link rewriting doesn’t seem to work as intended. This attempts to overcome these issues and provide a way to easily clone an existing virtualenv.

This is the Python3 package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-virtualenv-clone

Install python3-virtualenv-clone Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-virtualenv-clone

Install python3-virtualenv-clone 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-virtualenv-clone using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-virtualenv-clone

How To Uninstall python3-virtualenv-clone on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-virtualenv-clone package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-virtualenv-clone

Uninstall python3-virtualenv-clone And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-virtualenv-clone

Remove python3-virtualenv-clone Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-virtualenv-clone

Remove python3-virtualenv-clone configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-virtualenv-clone

Dependencies

python3-virtualenv-clone have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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