How To Install python3-libtrace on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libtrace on Kali Linux. python3-libtrace is Python 3 bindings for the libtrace API

Introduction

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

What is python3-libtrace

python3-libtrace is:

python-libtrace (plt) is a Python module that allows you to work with packet trace data using WAND’s libtrace library.

It’s intended to provide a clean, simple, Python-like way of working with libtrace, rather than a simple translation of the libtrace calls from C into Python. For example for the protocol header decodes, the field names from the RFCs are used rather than libtrace’s names.

This package contains the Python 3 bindings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-libtrace

Install python3-libtrace Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-libtrace

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-libtrace

How To Uninstall python3-libtrace on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-libtrace

Uninstall python3-libtrace And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-libtrace

Remove python3-libtrace Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-libtrace

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-libtrace have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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