How To Install python3-nftables on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-nftables on Kali Linux. python3-nftables is nftables/libnftables python3 module

Introduction

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

What is python3-nftables

python3-nftables is:

The libnftables library provides high level semantics to interact with the nftables framework by the Netfilter project.

nftables replaces the old popular iptables, ip6tables, arptables and ebtables.

Netfilter software and nftables in particular are used in applications such as Internet connection sharing, firewalls, IP accounting, transparent proxying, advanced routing and traffic control.

A Linux kernel >= 3.13 is required. However, >= 4.14 is recommended.

This package contains the libnftables python3 bindings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-nftables

Install python3-nftables Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-nftables

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-nftables

How To Uninstall python3-nftables on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-nftables

Uninstall python3-nftables And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-nftables

Remove python3-nftables Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-nftables

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-nftables have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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