How To Install python3-citeproc on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is python3-citeproc

python3-citeproc is:

Citeproc-py is a library that produces formatted bibliographies and citations from bibliographic databases following formatting instructions provided by XML style files written in the Citation Style Language (CSL).

Currently, BibTeX and JSON are supported as input database formats, and plain text, reStructuredText and HTML as output format.

This package contains the Python 3 modules and the CLI tool csl_unsorted.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-citeproc

Install python3-citeproc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-citeproc

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-citeproc

How To Uninstall python3-citeproc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-citeproc

Uninstall python3-citeproc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-citeproc

Remove python3-citeproc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-citeproc

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-citeproc have the following dependencies:

• python3-lxml
• python3

References

• python3-citeproc website

Summary

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