How To Install nbdkit-plugin-python on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-plugin-python on Kali Linux.

What is nbdkit-plugin-python

nbdkit-plugin-python is:

This plugin allows nbdkit plugins to be written in Python.

There are three methods to install nbdkit-plugin-python 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 nbdkit-plugin-python Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nbdkit-plugin-python

Install nbdkit-plugin-python Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nbdkit-plugin-python using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nbdkit-plugin-python

Install nbdkit-plugin-python 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 nbdkit-plugin-python using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nbdkit-plugin-python

How To Uninstall nbdkit-plugin-python on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nbdkit-plugin-python package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nbdkit-plugin-python

Uninstall nbdkit-plugin-python And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nbdkit-plugin-python

Remove nbdkit-plugin-python Configurations and Data

To remove nbdkit-plugin-python configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nbdkit-plugin-python

Remove nbdkit-plugin-python configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nbdkit-plugin-python configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nbdkit-plugin-python

Dependencies

nbdkit-plugin-python have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpython3.9
• nbdkit
• python3-boto3

References

• nbdkit-plugin-python website

Summary

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