How To Install python3-cairocffi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cairocffi on Kali Linux. python3-cairocffi is cffi-based cairo bindings for Python (Python3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-cairocffi

python3-cairocffi is:

cairocffi is a CFFI-based drop-in replacement for Pycairo, a set of Python bindings and object-oriented API for cairo. Cairo is a 2D vector graphics library with support for multiple backends including image buffers, PNG, PostScript, PDF, and SVG file output.

This package contains the Python 3 version of cairocffi.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-cairocffi

Install python3-cairocffi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-cairocffi

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-cairocffi

How To Uninstall python3-cairocffi on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-cairocffi

Uninstall python3-cairocffi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-cairocffi

Remove python3-cairocffi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-cairocffi

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-cairocffi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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