How To Install python3-fasttext on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-fasttext on Kali Linux. python3-fasttext is fastText binding for Python3

Introduction

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

What is python3-fasttext

python3-fasttext is:

fastText is a library for efficient learning of word representations and sentence classification, which refers subword information to enrich word vectors.

python3-fasttext is its binding for Python3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-fasttext

Install python3-fasttext Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-fasttext

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-fasttext

How To Uninstall python3-fasttext on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-fasttext

Uninstall python3-fasttext And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-fasttext

Remove python3-fasttext Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-fasttext

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-fasttext have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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