How To Install python3-gitlab on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gitlab on Kali Linux. python3-gitlab is Python 3 GitLab API client library

Introduction

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

What is python3-gitlab

python3-gitlab is:

Provides access to the GitLab v4 server API. This package contains the Python 3 library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-gitlab

Install python3-gitlab Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-gitlab

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-gitlab

How To Uninstall python3-gitlab on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-gitlab

Uninstall python3-gitlab And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-gitlab

Remove python3-gitlab Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-gitlab

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-gitlab have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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