How To Install python3-pkginfo on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pkginfo on Kali Linux. python3-pkginfo is Python 3.x module to query metadata from packages

Introduction

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

What is python3-pkginfo

python3-pkginfo is:

This package provides an API for querying the distutils metadata written in the PKG-INFO file inside a source distribution (an sdist), or into the EGG-INFO directory of an installed distribution.

This package contains the Python 3 version of the library In addition, this package contains the ‘pkginfo’ executable

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pkginfo

Install python3-pkginfo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-pkginfo

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pkginfo

How To Uninstall python3-pkginfo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-pkginfo

Uninstall python3-pkginfo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pkginfo

Remove python3-pkginfo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pkginfo

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-pkginfo have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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