How To Install python3-jellyfish on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-jellyfish on Kali Linux. python3-jellyfish is Library for approximate and phonetic matching of strings (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-jellyfish

python3-jellyfish is:

Jellyfish is a Python library for doing approximate and phonetic matching of strings. Includes algorithms for string comparison (Levenshtein Distance, Damerau-Levenshtein Distance, Jaro Distance, Jaro-Winkler Distance, Match Rating Approach Comparison, Hamming Distance) and phonetic encoding (American Soundex, Metaphone, NYSIIS, Match Rating Codex).

This package installs the library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-jellyfish

Install python3-jellyfish Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-jellyfish

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-jellyfish

How To Uninstall python3-jellyfish on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-jellyfish

Uninstall python3-jellyfish And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-jellyfish

Remove python3-jellyfish Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-jellyfish

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-jellyfish have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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