How To Install python3-pyinstaller on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyinstaller on Kali Linux.
What is python3-pyinstaller
python3-pyinstaller is:
PyInstaller is a program that converts (packages) Python programs into stand- alone executables, under Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and AIX. Its main advantages over similar tools are that PyInstaller works with any version of Python since 2.3, it builds smaller executables thanks to transparent compression, it is fully multi-platform, and use the OS support to load the dynamic libraries, thus ensuring full compatibility.
The main goal of PyInstaller is to be compatible with 3rd-party packages out -of-the-box. This means that, with PyInstaller, all the required tricks to make external packages work are already integrated within PyInstaller itself so that there is no user intervention required. You’ll never be required to look for tricks in wikis and apply custom modification to your files or your setup scripts. As an example, libraries like PyQt, Django or matplotlib are fully supported, without having to handle plugins or external data files manually.
There are three methods to install python3-pyinstaller 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-pyinstaller Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-pyinstaller using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pyinstallerInstall python3-pyinstaller Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-pyinstaller using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pyinstallerInstall python3-pyinstaller 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-pyinstaller using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pyinstallerHow To Uninstall python3-pyinstaller on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-pyinstaller package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pyinstallerUninstall python3-pyinstaller And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pyinstaller and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pyinstallerRemove python3-pyinstaller Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pyinstaller configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pyinstallerRemove python3-pyinstaller configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pyinstaller configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pyinstallerDependencies
python3-pyinstaller have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyinstaller package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.