How To Install python3-flask-kvsession on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flask-kvsession on Kali Linux. python3-flask-kvsession is Flasks session handling using server-side sessions (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-flask-kvsession

python3-flask-kvsession is:

This package contains server-side session replacement for Flask’s signed client-based session management. Instead of storing data on the client, only a securely generated ID is stored on the client, while the actual session data resides on the server.

This has two major advantages:

  • Clients no longer see the session information
  • It is possible to securely destroy sessions to protect against replay attacks.

Other things are possible with server side session that are impossible with clients side sessions, like inspecting and manipulating data in absence of the client.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-flask-kvsession

Install python3-flask-kvsession Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-flask-kvsession

Install python3-flask-kvsession 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-flask-kvsession using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-flask-kvsession

How To Uninstall python3-flask-kvsession on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-flask-kvsession

Uninstall python3-flask-kvsession And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-flask-kvsession

Remove python3-flask-kvsession Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-flask-kvsession

Remove python3-flask-kvsession configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-flask-kvsession

Dependencies

python3-flask-kvsession have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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