How To Install python3-proxmoxer on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is python3-proxmoxer

python3-proxmoxer is:

Proxmoxer is a wrapper around the Proxmox REST API v2 which allows one to programmatically create / delete / manage instances of proxmox managed virtual machines and containers.

To use this package either python3-requests (for the HTTP API) or python3-paramiko (for ssh) must be installed.

This package installs the Python 3 version of proxmoxer.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-proxmoxer

Install python3-proxmoxer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-proxmoxer

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-proxmoxer

How To Uninstall python3-proxmoxer on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-proxmoxer

Uninstall python3-proxmoxer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-proxmoxer

Remove python3-proxmoxer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-proxmoxer

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-proxmoxer have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• python3-proxmoxer website

Summary

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