How To Install python3-netifaces on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-netifaces on Kali Linux. python3-netifaces is portable network interface information - Python 3.x

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 update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-netifaces

Install python3-netifaces Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-netifaces

Install 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-netifaces

How 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-netifaces

Uninstall 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-netifaces

Remove 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-netifaces

Remove 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-netifaces

Dependencies

python3-netifaces have the following dependencies:

References

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.