How To Install python3-pcp on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pcp on Kali Linux. python3-pcp is Performance Co-Pilot Python3 PMAPI module

Introduction

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

What is python3-pcp

python3-pcp is:

The PCP Python3 module contains the language bindings for building Performance Metric API client tools using Python3.

The Performance Co-Pilot provides a unifying abstraction for all of the interesting performance data in a system, and allows client applications to easily retrieve and process any subset of that data.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pcp

Install python3-pcp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-pcp

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pcp

How To Uninstall python3-pcp on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-pcp

Uninstall python3-pcp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pcp

Remove python3-pcp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pcp

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-pcp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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