How To Install python3-ftdi1 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ftdi1 on Kali Linux.
What is python3-ftdi1
python3-ftdi1 is:
This library could talk to FTDI’s FT232BM, FT245BM, FT2232C, FT2232D, FT245R, FT232H and FT230X type USB chips from userspace. It uses libusb 1.0 to communicate with the chips.
Functionalities include the possibility to use the chips in standard mode, in bitbang mode, and to read or write the serial EEPROM.
This package provides the ftdi1 module on the Python 3 module path.
There are three methods to install python3-ftdi1 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-ftdi1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-ftdi1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-ftdi1Install python3-ftdi1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-ftdi1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-ftdi1Install python3-ftdi1 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-ftdi1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-ftdi1How To Uninstall python3-ftdi1 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-ftdi1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-ftdi1Uninstall python3-ftdi1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-ftdi1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-ftdi1Remove python3-ftdi1 Configurations and Data
To remove python3-ftdi1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-ftdi1Remove python3-ftdi1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-ftdi1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-ftdi1Dependencies
python3-ftdi1 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ftdi1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
