How To Install python3-crontab on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-crontab on Kali Linux. python3-crontab is Python3 module for reading and writing crontab files

Introduction

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

What is python3-crontab

python3-crontab is:

python-crontab is a Python module for reading and writing crontab files and accessing the system crontabs automatically and simply using a direct API. This package includes the module for python3.

Features include:

  • Displaying and modifying system and user crontab files
  • Adding comments to be displayed with jobs
  • Validating jobs
  • Searching for jobs

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-crontab

Install python3-crontab Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-crontab

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-crontab

How To Uninstall python3-crontab on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-crontab

Uninstall python3-crontab And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-crontab

Remove python3-crontab Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-crontab

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-crontab have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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