How To Install python3-cachetools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cachetools on Kali Linux. python3-cachetools is extensible memoizing collections and decorators for Python 3

Introduction

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

What is python3-cachetools

python3-cachetools is:

This Python 3 module provides various memoizing collections and decorators, including a variant of the Python 3 Standard Library functools.lru_cache() function decorator.

The supported cache algorithms are:

  • Least recently used (LRU)
  • Least frequently used (LFU)
  • Random replacement (RR)
  • Per-item time-to-live (TTL)

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-cachetools

Install python3-cachetools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-cachetools

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-cachetools

How To Uninstall python3-cachetools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-cachetools

Uninstall python3-cachetools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-cachetools

Remove python3-cachetools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-cachetools

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-cachetools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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