How To Install python3-libcomps on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libcomps on Kali Linux. python3-libcomps is Python bindings for the libcomps library (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-libcomps

python3-libcomps is:

Libcomps is library for structure-like manipulation of content in comps XML files. Supports reading/writing XML files and structure modifications.

This package installs the libcomps library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-libcomps

Install python3-libcomps Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-libcomps

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-libcomps

How To Uninstall python3-libcomps on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-libcomps

Uninstall python3-libcomps And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-libcomps

Remove python3-libcomps Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-libcomps

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-libcomps have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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