How To Install prov-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install prov-tools on Kali Linux. prov-tools is tools for prov

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prov-tools on Kali Linux.

What is prov-tools

prov-tools is:

A library for W3C Provenance Data Model supporting PROV-JSON and PROV- XML import/export.

Features:

  • An implementation of the W3C PROV Data Model in Python.
  • In-memory classes for PROV assertions, which can then be output as PROV-N.
  • Serialization and deserializtion support: PROV-JSON and PROV-XML.
  • Exporting PROV documents into various graphical formats (e.g. PDF, PNG, SVG).

This package provides the command-line tools.

There are three methods to install prov-tools 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 prov-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install prov-tools

Install prov-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install prov-tools

Install prov-tools 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 prov-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install prov-tools

How To Uninstall prov-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the prov-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove prov-tools

Uninstall prov-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove prov-tools

Remove prov-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge prov-tools

Remove prov-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prov-tools

Dependencies

prov-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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