How To Install python-cffi on Kali Linux
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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python-cffi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-cffiInstall python-cffi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python-cffi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-cffiInstall 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python-cffi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-cffiHow 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-cffiUninstall 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-cffiRemove 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-cffiRemove 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-cffiDependencies
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.
