How To Install python3-netifaces on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-netifaces on Kali Linux.
What is python3-netifaces
python3-netifaces is:
netifaces provides a (hopefully portable-ish) way for Python programmers to get access to a list of the network interfaces on the local machine, and to obtain the addresses of those network interfaces.
This package contains the module for Python 3.x.
There are three methods to install python3-netifaces 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-netifaces Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-netifaces using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-netifacesInstall python3-netifaces Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-netifaces using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-netifacesInstall python3-netifaces 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-netifaces using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-netifacesHow To Uninstall python3-netifaces on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-netifaces package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-netifacesUninstall python3-netifaces And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-netifaces and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-netifacesRemove python3-netifaces Configurations and Data
To remove python3-netifaces configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-netifacesRemove python3-netifaces configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-netifaces configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-netifacesDependencies
python3-netifaces have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-netifaces package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.