How To Install python-is-python2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-is-python2 on Kali Linux.

What is python-is-python2

python-is-python2 is:

Starting with the Debian 11 (bullseye) and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) releases, all python packages use explicit python3 or python2 interpreter and do not use unversioned /usr/bin/python at all. Some third-party code may still be python2 based, yet may use /usr/bin/python.

This is a convenience package which ships a symlink to point /usr/bin/python interpreter at the current default python2. It may improve compatibility with obsolete 3rd-party software, whilst breaking some modern software.

This package will be installed upon upgrades to Debian 11 (bullseye) and Ubuntu 20.04, if the DEPRECATED python2 was installed.

python2 is DEPRECATED and will not be provided in future Debian and Ubuntu releases. It is recommended to remove python2 and this package after ensuring that only python3 is in use.

No packages may declare dependencies on this package, or recommend that package.

There are three methods to install python-is-python2 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-is-python2 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-is-python2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-is-python2

Install python-is-python2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-is-python2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-is-python2

Install python-is-python2 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-is-python2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-is-python2

How To Uninstall python-is-python2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python-is-python2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-is-python2

Uninstall python-is-python2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-is-python2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-is-python2

Remove python-is-python2 Configurations and Data

To remove python-is-python2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-is-python2

Remove python-is-python2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-is-python2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-is-python2

Dependencies

python-is-python2 have the following dependencies:

• python2

References

• python-is-python2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-is-python2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.