How To Install python3-ptrace on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is python3-ptrace

python3-ptrace is:

This package provides Python bindings for the ptrace library. It allows controlling, debugging, or modifying processes using the ptrace syscall.

Features:

• High level Python object API
• Able to control multiple processes: catch fork events
• Read/write bytes to arbitrary addresses
• Execution step by step using ptrace_singlestep() or hardware int 3
• Can use distorm disassembler
• Dump registers, memory mappings, stack, etc.
• Syscall tracer and parser (strace command)

This package provides the ptrace Python module for Python 3.x.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-ptrace

Install python3-ptrace Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-ptrace

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-ptrace

How To Uninstall python3-ptrace on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-ptrace

Uninstall python3-ptrace And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-ptrace

Remove python3-ptrace Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-ptrace

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-ptrace have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• python3-ptrace website

Summary

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