How To Install python3-line-profiler on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-line-profiler on Kali Linux.
What is python3-line-profiler
python3-line-profiler is:
LineProfiler can be given functions to profile, and it will time the execution of each individual line inside those functions. In a typical workflow, one only cares about line timings of a few functions because wading through the results of timing every single line of code would be overwhelming. However, LineProfiler does need to be explicitly told what functions to profile.
If you are using IPython, there is an implementation of an %lprun magic command which will let you specify functions to profile and a statement to execute.
There are three methods to install python3-line-profiler 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-line-profiler Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-line-profiler using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-line-profilerInstall python3-line-profiler Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-line-profiler using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-line-profilerInstall python3-line-profiler 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-line-profiler using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-line-profilerHow To Uninstall python3-line-profiler on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-line-profiler package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-line-profilerUninstall python3-line-profiler And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-line-profiler and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-line-profilerRemove python3-line-profiler Configurations and Data
To remove python3-line-profiler configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-line-profilerRemove python3-line-profiler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-line-profiler configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-line-profilerDependencies
python3-line-profiler have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-line-profiler package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.