How To Install python3-influxdb on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-influxdb on Kali Linux.
What is python3-influxdb
python3-influxdb is:
API bindings for InfluxDB. Supports both InfluxDB v0.8 and InfluxDB >= 0.9. InfluxDB is an open source distributed time series database with no external dependencies. It’s useful for recording metrics, events, and performing analytics.
This package contains the Python 3.x module.
There are three methods to install python3-influxdb 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-influxdb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-influxdb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-influxdbInstall python3-influxdb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-influxdb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-influxdbInstall python3-influxdb 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-influxdb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-influxdbHow To Uninstall python3-influxdb on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-influxdb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-influxdbUninstall python3-influxdb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-influxdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-influxdbRemove python3-influxdb Configurations and Data
To remove python3-influxdb configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-influxdbRemove python3-influxdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-influxdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-influxdbDependencies
python3-influxdb have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-influxdb package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.