How To Install python-cffi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cffi on Kali Linux. python-cffi is Foreign Function Interface for Python calling C code

Introduction

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

What is python-cffi

python-cffi is:

Convenient and reliable way of calling C code from Python.

The aim of this project is to provide a convenient and reliable way of calling C code from Python. It keeps Python logic in Python, and minimises the C required. It is able to work at either the C API or ABI level, unlike most other approaches, that only support the ABI level.

This package contains the necessary build and runtime support for cffi modules.

There are three methods to install python-cffi 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-cffi 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-cffi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-cffi

Install python-cffi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-cffi

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-cffi

How To Uninstall python-cffi on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python-cffi

Uninstall python-cffi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-cffi

Remove python-cffi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-cffi

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

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

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

Dependencies

python-cffi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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