How To Install python3-m2r on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-m2r on Kali Linux.
What is python3-m2r
python3-m2r is:
M2R converts a markdown file including reStructuredText (rst) markups to a valid rst format.
Use case is writing sphinx document in markdown,
since it’s widely used now and easy to write code blocks and lists.
However, converters using pandoc or recommonmark
do not support many rst markups and sphinx extensions.
For example, rst’s reference link like see `ref`_
(this is very convenient in long document
in which same link appears multiple times)
will be converted to a code block in HTML
like see ref</code>_,
which is not expected.
This package provides m2r module
for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-m2r 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-m2r Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-m2r using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-m2rInstall python3-m2r Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-m2r using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-m2rInstall python3-m2r 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-m2r using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-m2rHow To Uninstall python3-m2r on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-m2r package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-m2rUninstall python3-m2r And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-m2r and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-m2rRemove python3-m2r Configurations and Data
To remove python3-m2r configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-m2rRemove python3-m2r configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-m2r configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-m2rDependencies
python3-m2r have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-m2r package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
