How To Install python-apt-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-apt-dev on Kali Linux.
What is python-apt-dev
python-apt-dev is:
The apt_pkg Python interface will provide full access to the internal libapt-pkg structures allowing Python programs to easily perform a variety of functions.
This package contains the header files needed to use python-apt objects from C++ applications.
There are three methods to install python-apt-dev 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-apt-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python-apt-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-apt-devInstall python-apt-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python-apt-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-apt-devInstall python-apt-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python-apt-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-apt-devHow To Uninstall python-apt-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python-apt-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-apt-devUninstall python-apt-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-apt-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-apt-devRemove python-apt-dev Configurations and Data
To remove python-apt-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-apt-devRemove python-apt-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-apt-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-apt-devDependencies
python-apt-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-apt-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
