How To Install python3-ptyprocess on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ptyprocess on Kali Linux. python3-ptyprocess is Run a subprocess in a pseudo terminal from Python 3

Introduction

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

What is python3-ptyprocess

python3-ptyprocess is:

Launch a subprocess in a pseudo terminal (pty), and interact with both the process and its pty.

Sometimes, piping stdin and stdout is not enough. There might be a password prompt that doesn’t read from stdin, output that changes when it’s going to a pipe rather than a terminal, or curses-style interfaces that rely on a terminal. If you need to automate these things, running the process in a pseudo terminal (pty) is the answer.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-ptyprocess

Install python3-ptyprocess Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-ptyprocess

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-ptyprocess

How To Uninstall python3-ptyprocess on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-ptyprocess

Uninstall python3-ptyprocess And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-ptyprocess

Remove python3-ptyprocess Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-ptyprocess

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-ptyprocess have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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