How To Install python3-levenshtein on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-levenshtein on Kali Linux. python3-levenshtein is extension for computing string similarities and edit distances (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-levenshtein

python3-levenshtein is:

The Levenshtein module computes Levenshtein distances, similarity ratios, generalized medians and set medians of Unicode or non-Unicode strings. Because it’s implemented in C, it’s much faster than the corresponding Python library functions and methods.

The Levenshtein distance is the minimum number of single-character insertions, deletions, and substitutions to transform one string into another.

It is useful for spell checking, or fuzzy matching of gettext messages.

This package contains Levenshtein for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-levenshtein

Install python3-levenshtein Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-levenshtein

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-levenshtein

How To Uninstall python3-levenshtein on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-levenshtein

Uninstall python3-levenshtein And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-levenshtein

Remove python3-levenshtein Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-levenshtein

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-levenshtein have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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