How To Install python3-gi-cairo on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gi-cairo on Kali Linux. python3-gi-cairo is Python 3 Cairo bindings for the GObject library

Introduction

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

What is python3-gi-cairo

python3-gi-cairo is:

GObject is an abstraction layer that allows programming with an object paradigm that is compatible with many languages. It is a part of Glib, the core library used to build GTK+ and GNOME.

This package contains the Python 3 Cairo bindings for GObject. It is mostly used by other bindings to map their GObjects to Python objects.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-gi-cairo

Install python3-gi-cairo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-gi-cairo

Install python3-gi-cairo 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-gi-cairo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-gi-cairo

How To Uninstall python3-gi-cairo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-gi-cairo

Uninstall python3-gi-cairo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-gi-cairo

Remove python3-gi-cairo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-gi-cairo

Remove python3-gi-cairo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-gi-cairo

Dependencies

python3-gi-cairo have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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