How To Install python3-hiredis on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hiredis on Kali Linux. python3-hiredis is redis protocol reader for Python using hiredis

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 update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-hiredis

Install python3-hiredis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-hiredis

Install 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-hiredis

How 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-hiredis

Uninstall 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-hiredis

Remove 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-hiredis

Remove 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-hiredis

Dependencies

python3-hiredis have the following dependencies:

References

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.