How To Install python3-confget on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-confget on Kali Linux.
What is python3-confget
python3-confget is:
The confget utility examines a INI-style configuration file and retrieves the value of the specified variables from the specified section. Its intended use is to let shell scripts use the same INI-style configuration files as other programs, to avoid duplication of data.
The confget utility may retrieve the values of one or more variables, list all the variables in a specified section, list only those whose names or values match a specified pattern (shell glob or regular expression), or check if a variable is present in the file at all. It has a “shell-quoting” output mode that quotes the variable values in a way suitable for passing them directly to a Bourne-style shell.
This package contains the Python 3.x library.
There are three methods to install python3-confget 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-confget Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-confget using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-confgetInstall python3-confget Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-confget using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-confgetInstall python3-confget 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-confget using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-confgetHow To Uninstall python3-confget on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-confget package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-confgetUninstall python3-confget And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-confget and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-confgetRemove python3-confget Configurations and Data
To remove python3-confget configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-confgetRemove python3-confget configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-confget configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-confgetDependencies
python3-confget have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-confget package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
