How To Install python3-igraph on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-igraph on Kali Linux. python3-igraph is High performance graph data structures and algorithms (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-igraph

python3-igraph is:

Python interface to the igraph high performance graph library, primarily aimed at complex network research and analysis.

Graph plotting functionality is provided by the Cairo library, so make sure you install the Python bindings of Cairo if you want to generate publication-quality graph plots.

This package contains the Python 3 version of igraph.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-igraph

Install python3-igraph Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-igraph

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-igraph

How To Uninstall python3-igraph on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-igraph

Uninstall python3-igraph And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-igraph

Remove python3-igraph Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-igraph

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-igraph have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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