How To Install python3-fabric on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-fabric on Kali Linux. python3-fabric is Simple Pythonic remote deployment tool

Introduction

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

What is python3-fabric

python3-fabric is:

Fabric is designed to upload files and run shell commands on a number of servers in parallel or serially. These commands are grouped in tasks (which are regular Python functions) and specified in a ‘fabfile.’

It is similar to Capistrano, except it’s implemented in Python and doesn’t expect you to be deploying Rails applications.

This package contains the Python 3 modules.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-fabric

Install python3-fabric Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-fabric

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-fabric

How To Uninstall python3-fabric on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-fabric

Uninstall python3-fabric And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-fabric

Remove python3-fabric Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-fabric

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-fabric have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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