How To Install python3-distro-info on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-distro-info on Kali Linux. python3-distro-info is information about distributions releases (Python 3 module)

Introduction

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

What is python3-distro-info

python3-distro-info is:

Information about all releases of Debian and Ubuntu.

This package contains a Python 3 module for parsing the data in distro-info-data. There is also a command line interface in the distro-info package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-distro-info

Install python3-distro-info Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-distro-info

Install python3-distro-info 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-distro-info using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-distro-info

How To Uninstall python3-distro-info on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-distro-info

Uninstall python3-distro-info And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-distro-info

Remove python3-distro-info Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-distro-info

Remove python3-distro-info configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-distro-info

Dependencies

python3-distro-info have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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