How To Install instaloader on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install instaloader on Kali Linux.

What is instaloader

instaloader is:

Downloads public and private profiles, hashtags, user stories, feeds and saved media Downloads comments, geotags and captions of each post. Automatically detects profile name changes and renames the target directory accordingly Allows fine-grained customization of filters and where to store downloaded media

There are three methods to install instaloader 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 instaloader Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install instaloader using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install instaloader

Install instaloader Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install instaloader using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install instaloader

Install instaloader 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 instaloader using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install instaloader

How To Uninstall instaloader on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the instaloader package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove instaloader

Uninstall instaloader And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove instaloader

Remove instaloader Configurations and Data

To remove instaloader configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge instaloader

Remove instaloader configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove instaloader configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge instaloader

Dependencies

instaloader have the following dependencies:

• python3-requests
• python3

References

• instaloader website

Summary

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