How To Install python3-aionotify on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-aionotify on Kali Linux. python3-aionotify is Simple, asyncio-based inotify library for Python

Introduction

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

What is python3-aionotify

python3-aionotify is:

Asyncio library to create watchers on filesystem using inotify API and generate events from changes.

An event is a simple object with a few attributes:

  • name: the path of the modified file
  • flags: the modification flag; use aionotify.Flags.parse() to parse it
  • alias: the alias of the watch triggering the event
  • cookie: for renames, this integer value links the renamed from/to events

There are three methods to install python3-aionotify 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-aionotify 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-aionotify using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-aionotify

Install python3-aionotify Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-aionotify

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-aionotify

How To Uninstall python3-aionotify on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-aionotify

Uninstall python3-aionotify And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-aionotify

Remove python3-aionotify Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-aionotify

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-aionotify have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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