How To Install python3-bytesize on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-bytesize on Kali Linux. python3-bytesize is Python 3 bindings for libbytesize

Introduction

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

What is python3-bytesize

python3-bytesize is:

Many projects need to work with sizes in bytes (be it sizes of storage space, memory,…) and all of them need to deal with the same issues like:

  • How to get a human-readable string for the given size?
  • How to store the given size so that no significant information is lost?
  • If we store the size in bytes, what if the given size gets over the MAXUINT64 value? How to interpret sizes entered by users according to their locale and typing conventions?
  • How to deal with the decimal/binary units (MB vs. MiB) ambiguity?

This library aims to be as much generally usable as possible, small, fast and be easily interfaced from other languages.

This package contains bindings for libbytesize in Python3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-bytesize

Install python3-bytesize Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-bytesize

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-bytesize

How To Uninstall python3-bytesize on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-bytesize

Uninstall python3-bytesize And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-bytesize

Remove python3-bytesize Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-bytesize

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-bytesize have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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