How To Install python3-paypal on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-paypal on Kali Linux. python3-paypal is PayPal API implementation (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-paypal

python3-paypal is:

This package implements Paypal’s Website Payments Pro NVP API in Python. This currently includes Direct Payments (Credit card payments without a PayPal Account) and PayPal Express Checkout (Payment via a PayPal account).

python-paypal does no real validation, doesn’t hold hands, and is generally only going to handle authentication, http-level stuff, and serializing a list of keyword arguments passed to the API methods. You’ll need to read the official PayPal documentation for what key/values to pass: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/

This package installs the library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-paypal

Install python3-paypal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-paypal

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-paypal

How To Uninstall python3-paypal on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-paypal

Uninstall python3-paypal And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-paypal

Remove python3-paypal Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-paypal

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-paypal have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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