How To Install python3-lmdb on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lmdb on Kali Linux.
What is python3-lmdb
python3-lmdb is:
Lightning Memory-Mapped Database (LMDB) is an ultra-fast, ultra-compact key-value embedded data store developed for the OpenLDAP Project. It uses memory-mapped files, so it has the read performance of a pure in-memory database while still offering the persistence of standard disk-based databases, and is only limited to the size of the virtual address space (it is not limited to the size of physical RAM).
This package contains the ’lmdb’ Python 3 extension module.
There are three methods to install python3-lmdb 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-lmdb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-lmdb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-lmdbInstall python3-lmdb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-lmdb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-lmdbInstall python3-lmdb 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-lmdb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-lmdbHow To Uninstall python3-lmdb on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-lmdb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-lmdbUninstall python3-lmdb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-lmdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-lmdbRemove python3-lmdb Configurations and Data
To remove python3-lmdb configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-lmdbRemove python3-lmdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-lmdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-lmdbDependencies
python3-lmdb have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lmdb package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.