How To Install python3-abydos on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-abydos on Kali Linux. python3-abydos is NLP/IR library of phonetic algorithms, string distances and more

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-abydos on Kali Linux.

What is python3-abydos

python3-abydos is:

Abydos is a Python library containing about 40 phonetic algorithms, 35 string distance measures & metrics, 10 stemmers, and 10 string fingerprinters.

Some of the algorithms require installation of the suggested packages.

There are three methods to install python3-abydos 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 python3-abydos Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-abydos using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-abydos

Install python3-abydos Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-abydos using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-abydos

Install python3-abydos 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 python3-abydos using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-abydos

How To Uninstall python3-abydos on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-abydos package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-abydos

Uninstall python3-abydos And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-abydos and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-abydos

Remove python3-abydos Configurations and Data

To remove python3-abydos configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-abydos

Remove python3-abydos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-abydos configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-abydos

Dependencies

python3-abydos have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-abydos package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.