How To Install python3-bcolz on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-bcolz on Kali Linux. python3-bcolz is high performant compressed data container based on NumPy (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-bcolz

python3-bcolz is:

bcolz provides columnar, chunked data containers that can be compressed in-memory and on-disk. Column storage allows for efficiently querying tables, as well as for cheap column addition and removal. It is based on NumPy, and uses it as the standard data container to communicate with bcolz objects, but it also comes with support for import/export facilities to/from HDF5/PyTables tables and Pandas dataframes.

This package contains the modules for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-bcolz

Install python3-bcolz Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-bcolz

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-bcolz

How To Uninstall python3-bcolz on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-bcolz

Uninstall python3-bcolz And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-bcolz

Remove python3-bcolz Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-bcolz

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-bcolz have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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