How To Install python-gdbm on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gdbm
on Kali Linux.
What is python-gdbm
python-gdbm is:
GNU dbm database module for Python2. Install this if you want to create or read GNU dbm database files with Python2.
There are three methods to install python-gdbm
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-gdbm 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-gdbm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gdbm
Install python-gdbm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gdbm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gdbm
Install python-gdbm 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-gdbm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gdbm
How To Uninstall python-gdbm on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python-gdbm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gdbm
Uninstall python-gdbm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gdbm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gdbm
Remove python-gdbm Configurations and Data
To remove python-gdbm
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gdbm
Remove python-gdbm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gdbm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gdbm
Dependencies
python-gdbm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gdbm
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.