How To Install python3-libvmdk on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libvmdk on Kali Linux.
What is python3-libvmdk
python3-libvmdk is:
libvmdk is a library to access the VMware Virtual Disk (VMDK) format.
This package contains Python 3 bindings for libvmdk.
There are three methods to install python3-libvmdk 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-libvmdk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-libvmdk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-libvmdkInstall python3-libvmdk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-libvmdk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-libvmdkInstall python3-libvmdk 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-libvmdk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-libvmdkHow To Uninstall python3-libvmdk on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-libvmdk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-libvmdkUninstall python3-libvmdk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-libvmdk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-libvmdkRemove python3-libvmdk Configurations and Data
To remove python3-libvmdk configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-libvmdkRemove python3-libvmdk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-libvmdk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-libvmdkDependencies
python3-libvmdk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libvmdk package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
