How To Install python3-pkgconfig on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pkgconfig on Kali Linux.
What is python3-pkgconfig
python3-pkgconfig is:
pkgconfig is a Python module to interface with the pkg-config command line tool and supports Python 3 It cabe used to: -Check if a package exists -Check if a package meets certain version requirements -Query CFLAGS and LDFLAGS -Parse the output to build extensions with setup.py
There are three methods to install python3-pkgconfig 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-pkgconfig Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-pkgconfig using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pkgconfigInstall python3-pkgconfig Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-pkgconfig using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pkgconfigInstall python3-pkgconfig 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-pkgconfig using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pkgconfigHow To Uninstall python3-pkgconfig on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-pkgconfig package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pkgconfigUninstall python3-pkgconfig And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pkgconfig and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pkgconfigRemove python3-pkgconfig Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pkgconfig configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pkgconfigRemove python3-pkgconfig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pkgconfig configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pkgconfigDependencies
python3-pkgconfig have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pkgconfig package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
