How To Install python2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is python2

python2 is:

Python2, the high-level, interactive object oriented language, includes an extensive class library with lots of goodies for network programming, system administration, sounds and graphics.

This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian’s Python2 version (currently v2.7).

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

sudo apt-get -y install python2

Install python2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python2

Install 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 python2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python2

How To Uninstall python2 on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python2

Uninstall python2 And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python2

Remove python2 Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python2

Remove python2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python2

Dependencies

python2 have the following dependencies:

• python2-minimal
• python2.7
• libpython2-stdlib

References

• python2 website

Summary

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