How To Install python3-pcapfile on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pcapfile
on Kali Linux.
What is python3-pcapfile
python3-pcapfile is:
This package contains a pure Python library for handling libpcap savefiles.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-pcapfile
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-pcapfile 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-pcapfile
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pcapfile
Install python3-pcapfile Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pcapfile
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pcapfile
Install python3-pcapfile 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-pcapfile
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pcapfile
How To Uninstall python3-pcapfile on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-pcapfile
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pcapfile
Uninstall python3-pcapfile And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pcapfile
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pcapfile
Remove python3-pcapfile Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pcapfile
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pcapfile
Remove python3-pcapfile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pcapfile
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pcapfile
Dependencies
python3-pcapfile have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pcapfile
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.