How To Install python3-openstackclient on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-openstackclient on Kali Linux. python3-openstackclient is OpenStack Command-line Client - Python 3.x

Introduction

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

What is python3-openstackclient

python3-openstackclient is:

python-openstackclient is a unified command-line client for the OpenStack APIs. It is a thin wrapper to the stock python-*client modules that implement the actual REST API client actions.

This is an implementation of the design goals shown in http://wiki.openstack.org/UnifiedCLI. The primary goal is to provide a unified shell command structure and a common language to describe operations in OpenStack.

This package contains the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-openstackclient

Install python3-openstackclient Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-openstackclient

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-openstackclient

How To Uninstall python3-openstackclient on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-openstackclient

Uninstall python3-openstackclient And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-openstackclient

Remove python3-openstackclient Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-openstackclient

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-openstackclient have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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