How To Install python3-hiredis on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hiredis on Kali Linux.
What is python3-hiredis
python3-hiredis is:
This package provides a Python extension that wraps the protocol parsing code in Hiredis. It is targeted at speeding up parsing multi bulk replies from redis-server.
Hiredis is a minimalistic C client library for the Redis database, a persistent key-value database with support for atomically manipulating and querying data structures such as lists and sets.
Note that it is not a stand-alone redis client library and requires other code to perform low-level I/O with redis.
There are three methods to install python3-hiredis 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-hiredis Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-hiredis using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-hiredisInstall python3-hiredis Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-hiredis using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-hiredisInstall python3-hiredis 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-hiredis using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-hiredisHow To Uninstall python3-hiredis on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-hiredis package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-hiredisUninstall python3-hiredis And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-hiredis and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-hiredisRemove python3-hiredis Configurations and Data
To remove python3-hiredis configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-hiredisRemove python3-hiredis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-hiredis configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-hiredisDependencies
python3-hiredis have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hiredis package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.