How To Install numpy-stl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install numpy-stl on Kali Linux.

What is numpy-stl

numpy-stl is:

Numpy-STL is a library for working with STL files (and 3D objects in general) in the Python language. Due to all operations heavily relying on Numpy this is one of the fastest STL editing libraries for Python available.

This package contains tools to convert between the ascii and binary stl file format versions, using Numpy-STL.

There are three methods to install numpy-stl 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 numpy-stl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install numpy-stl

Install numpy-stl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install numpy-stl

Install numpy-stl 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 numpy-stl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install numpy-stl

How To Uninstall numpy-stl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the numpy-stl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove numpy-stl

Uninstall numpy-stl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove numpy-stl

Remove numpy-stl Configurations and Data

To remove numpy-stl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge numpy-stl

Remove numpy-stl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge numpy-stl

Dependencies

numpy-stl have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• numpy-stl website

Summary

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