How To Install python3-pafy on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pafy on Kali Linux. python3-pafy is Download videos and retrieve metadata from YouTube

Introduction

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

What is python3-pafy

python3-pafy is:

Pafy is a Python library for interacting with YouTube from within your Python programs. Its main features include:

  • Retrieve metadata such as viewcount, duration, rating, author, thumbnail, keywords
  • Download video or audio at requested resolution / bitrate / format / filesize
  • Command line tool (ytdl) for downloading directly from the command line
  • Retrieve the URL to stream the video in a player such as vlc or mplayer
  • Works with age-restricted videos and non-embeddable videos
  • Small, standalone, single importable module file (pafy.py)
  • Select highest quality stream for download or streaming
  • Download video only (no audio) in m4v or webm format
  • Download audio only (no video) in ogg or m4a format
  • Retrieve playlists and playlist metadata

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pafy

Install python3-pafy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-pafy

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pafy

How To Uninstall python3-pafy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-pafy

Uninstall python3-pafy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pafy

Remove python3-pafy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pafy

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-pafy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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