How To Install python3-configargparse on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-configargparse on Kali Linux. python3-configargparse is replacement for argparse with config files and environment variables (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-configargparse

python3-configargparse is:

Applications with more than a handful of user-settable options are best configured through a combination of command line args, config files, hard-coded defaults, and in some cases, environment variables.

Python??s command line parsing modules such as argparse have very limited support for config files and environment variables, so this module extends argparse to add these features.

This is the Python 3 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-configargparse

Install python3-configargparse Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-configargparse

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-configargparse

How To Uninstall python3-configargparse on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-configargparse

Uninstall python3-configargparse And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-configargparse

Remove python3-configargparse Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-configargparse

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-configargparse have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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