How To Install python3-ly on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ly on Kali Linux. python3-ly is Tool and library for manipulating LilyPond files (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-ly

python3-ly is:

python-ly provides a Python library “ly” containing various Python modules to parse, manipulate or create documents in LilyPond format. A command line program “ly” is also provided that can be used to do various manipulations with LilyPond files.

The python-ly package is Free Software, licensed under the GPL. This package is written by the Frescobaldi developers and is used extensively by the Frescobaldi project. The main author is Wilbert Berendsen.

The LilyPond format is a plain text input format that is used by the GNU music typesetter LilyPond (www.lilypond.org).

This package installs the “ly” tool and library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-ly

Install python3-ly Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-ly

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-ly

How To Uninstall python3-ly on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-ly

Uninstall python3-ly And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-ly

Remove python3-ly Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-ly

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-ly have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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