How To Install python3-cffi-backend on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cffi-backend on Kali Linux. python3-cffi-backend is Foreign Function Interface for Python 3 calling C code - runtime

Introduction

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

What is python3-cffi-backend

python3-cffi-backend is:

Convenient and reliable way of calling C code from Python 3.

The aim of this project is to provide a convenient and reliable way of calling C code from Python. It keeps Python logic in Python, and minimises the C required. It is able to work at either the C API or ABI level, unlike most other approaches, that only support the ABI level.

This package contains the runtime support for pre-built cffi modules.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-cffi-backend

Install python3-cffi-backend Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-cffi-backend

Install python3-cffi-backend 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-cffi-backend using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-cffi-backend

How To Uninstall python3-cffi-backend on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-cffi-backend

Uninstall python3-cffi-backend And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-cffi-backend

Remove python3-cffi-backend Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-cffi-backend

Remove python3-cffi-backend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-cffi-backend

Dependencies

python3-cffi-backend have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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