How To Install python-opcua-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-opcua-tools on Kali Linux.
What is python-opcua-tools
python-opcua-tools is:
An OPC-UA (Open Platform Communications - Unified Architecture) client and server library, written entirely in Python.
This package contains OPC UA tools:
- uabrowse
- uaclient
- uadiscover
- uahistoryread
- uals
- uaread
- uaserver
- uasubscribe
- uawrite
There are three methods to install python-opcua-tools 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-opcua-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python-opcua-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-opcua-toolsInstall python-opcua-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python-opcua-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-opcua-toolsInstall python-opcua-tools 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-opcua-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-opcua-toolsHow To Uninstall python-opcua-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python-opcua-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-opcua-toolsUninstall python-opcua-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-opcua-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-opcua-toolsRemove python-opcua-tools Configurations and Data
To remove python-opcua-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-opcua-toolsRemove python-opcua-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-opcua-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-opcua-toolsDependencies
python-opcua-tools have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-opcua-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.