How To Install python3-avro on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-avro on Kali Linux. python3-avro is Apache Avro serialization system (Python 3 library)

Introduction

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

What is python3-avro

python3-avro is:

Apache Avro is a data serialization system providing

  • Rich data structures.
  • A compact, fast, binary data format.
  • A container file, to store persistent data.
  • Remote procedure call (RPC).
  • Simple integration with dynamic languages. Code generation is not required to read or write data files nor to use or implement RPC protocols. Code generation as an optional optimization, only worth implementing for statically typed languages.

This package installs the implementation as a Python 3 library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-avro

Install python3-avro Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-avro

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-avro

How To Uninstall python3-avro on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-avro

Uninstall python3-avro And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-avro

Remove python3-avro Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-avro

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-avro have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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