How To Install python-all on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is python-all

python-all is:

The package currently depends on python2.7, in the future, dependencies on jython (Python2 for a JVM) and ironpython (Python2 for Mono) may be added.

This package is a dependency package used as a build dependency for other packages to avoid hardcoded dependencies on specific Python2 runtimes.

There are three methods to install python-all 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 python-all Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-all

Install python-all Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-all

Install python-all 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 python-all using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-all

How To Uninstall python-all on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python-all

Uninstall python-all And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-all

Remove python-all Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-all

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-all

Dependencies

python-all have the following dependencies:

• python2
• python2.7

References

• python-all website

Summary

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