How To Install python3-magic on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-magic on Kali Linux. python3-magic is python3 interface to the libmagic file type identification library

Introduction

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

What is python3-magic

python3-magic is:

python-magic is a Python interface to the libmagic file type identification library. libmagic identifies file types by checking their headers according to a predefined list of file types. This functionality is exposed to the command line by the Unix command file.

This package provides the Python 3 version of the python-magic module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-magic

Install python3-magic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-magic

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-magic

How To Uninstall python3-magic on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-magic

Uninstall python3-magic And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-magic

Remove python3-magic Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-magic

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-magic have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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