How To Install python3-pkg-resources on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pkg-resources on Kali Linux. python3-pkg-resources is Package Discovery and Resource Access using pkg_resources

Introduction

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

What is python3-pkg-resources

python3-pkg-resources is:

The pkg_resources module provides an API for Python libraries to access their resource files, and for extensible applications and frameworks to automatically discover plugins. It also provides runtime support for using C extensions that are inside zipfile-format eggs, support for merging packages that have separately-distributed modules or subpackages, and APIs for managing Python’s current “working set” of active packages.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pkg-resources

Install python3-pkg-resources Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-pkg-resources

Install python3-pkg-resources 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-pkg-resources using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pkg-resources

How To Uninstall python3-pkg-resources on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-pkg-resources

Uninstall python3-pkg-resources And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pkg-resources

Remove python3-pkg-resources Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pkg-resources

Remove python3-pkg-resources configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pkg-resources

Dependencies

python3-pkg-resources have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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