How To Install python3-flake8 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flake8 on Kali Linux. python3-flake8 is code checker using pycodestyle and pyflakes - Python 3.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flake8 on Kali Linux.

What is python3-flake8

python3-flake8 is:

Flake8 is a wrapper around PyFlakes, pycodestyle, and Ned’s McCabe script. Flake8 runs all tools by launching the single ‘flake8’ script, but ignores pycodestyle and PyFlakes extended options and just uses defaults. It displays the warnings in a per-file, merged output.

This package provides Python 3 module bindings only.

There are three methods to install python3-flake8 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-flake8 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-flake8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-flake8

Install python3-flake8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-flake8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-flake8

Install python3-flake8 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-flake8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-flake8

How To Uninstall python3-flake8 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-flake8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-flake8

Uninstall python3-flake8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-flake8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-flake8

Remove python3-flake8 Configurations and Data

To remove python3-flake8 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-flake8

Remove python3-flake8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-flake8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-flake8

Dependencies

python3-flake8 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flake8 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.