How To Install python3-migrate on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-migrate on Kali Linux. python3-migrate is Database schema migration for SQLAlchemy - Python 3.x

Introduction

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

What is python3-migrate

python3-migrate is:

Inspired by Ruby on Rails’ migrations, migrate provides a way to deal with database schema changes in SQLAlchemy projects.

SQLAlchemy-migrate is build on top of SQLAlchemy and provides a changeset and a versioning API for database schemas as well as a script utilizing these APIs. The database change sets are managed in a file based repository allowing upgrades and downgrades of database schema versions. The change sets may consist of Python code facilitating the changeset API or SQL scripts.

SQLAlchemy-migrate has support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and Oracle databases. The support for Oracle is not as well tested as the support for the other database systems.

This package provides the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-migrate

Install python3-migrate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-migrate

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-migrate

How To Uninstall python3-migrate on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-migrate

Uninstall python3-migrate And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-migrate

Remove python3-migrate Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-migrate

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-migrate have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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