How To Install python3-bandit on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-bandit on Kali Linux. python3-bandit is Security oriented static analyzer for Python code - Python 3.x

Introduction

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

What is python3-bandit

python3-bandit is:

Bandit is a tool designed to find common security issues in Python code. To do this Bandit processes each file, builds an Abstract Syntaxt Tree (AST), and runs appropriate plugins against the AST nodes. Once Bandit has finished scanning all the files it generates a report.

This package contains the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-bandit

Install python3-bandit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-bandit

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-bandit

How To Uninstall python3-bandit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-bandit

Uninstall python3-bandit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-bandit

Remove python3-bandit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-bandit

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-bandit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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