How To Install pip-check-reqs on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pip-check-reqs on Kali Linux.

What is pip-check-reqs

pip-check-reqs is:

It happens: you start using a module in your project and it works and you don’t realise that it’s only being included in your virtualenv because it’s a dependency of a package you’re using. pip-missing-reqs finds those modules so you can include them in the requirements.txt for the project.

Alternatively, you have a long-running project that has some packages in requirements.txt that are no longer actively used in the codebase. The pip-extra-reqs tool will find those modules so you can remove them.

There are three methods to install pip-check-reqs 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 pip-check-reqs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pip-check-reqs

Install pip-check-reqs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pip-check-reqs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pip-check-reqs

Install pip-check-reqs 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 pip-check-reqs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pip-check-reqs

How To Uninstall pip-check-reqs on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pip-check-reqs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pip-check-reqs

Uninstall pip-check-reqs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pip-check-reqs

Remove pip-check-reqs Configurations and Data

To remove pip-check-reqs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pip-check-reqs

Remove pip-check-reqs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pip-check-reqs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pip-check-reqs

Dependencies

pip-check-reqs have the following dependencies:

• python3-packaging
• python3-pip
• python3

References

• pip-check-reqs website

Summary

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