How To Install python3-gflags on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is python3-gflags

python3-gflags is:

GFlags defines a distributed command line system, replacing systems like getopt(), optparse and manual argument processing. Rather than an application having to define all flags in or near main(), each Python module defines flags that are useful to it. When one Python module imports another, it gains access to the other’s flags.

It includes the ability to define flag types (boolean, float, integer, list), autogeneration of help (in both human and machine readable format) and reading arguments from a file. It also includes the ability to automatically generate man pages from the help flags.

This package provides the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-gflags

Install python3-gflags Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-gflags

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-gflags

How To Uninstall python3-gflags on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-gflags

Uninstall python3-gflags And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-gflags

Remove python3-gflags Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-gflags

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-gflags have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• python3-gflags website

Summary

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