How To Install python3-apt on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-apt on Kali Linux. python3-apt is Python 3 interface to libapt-pkg

Introduction

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

What is python3-apt

python3-apt is:

The apt_pkg Python 3 interface will provide full access to the internal libapt-pkg structures allowing Python 3 programs to easily perform a variety of functions, such as:

  • Access to the APT configuration system
  • Access to the APT package information database
  • Parsing of Debian package control files, and other files with a similar structure

The included ‘aptsources’ Python interface provides an abstraction of the sources.list configuration on the repository and the distro level.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-apt

Install python3-apt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-apt

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-apt

How To Uninstall python3-apt on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-apt

Uninstall python3-apt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-apt

Remove python3-apt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-apt

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-apt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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