How To Install python3-pylnk on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pylnk on Kali Linux.
What is python3-pylnk
python3-pylnk is:
This package contains a Python library for reading and writing Windows shortcut files (.lnk).
This library can parse .lnk files and extract all relevant information from them. Parsing a .lnk file yields a LNK object which can be altered and saved again. Moreover, .lnk file can be created from scratch be creating a LNK object, populating it with data and then saving it to a file. As that process requires some knowledge about the internals of .lnk files, some convenience functions are provided.
Limitation: Windows knows lots of different types of shortcuts which all have different formats. This library currently only supports shortcuts to files and folders on the local machine.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-pylnk 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-pylnk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-pylnk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pylnkInstall python3-pylnk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-pylnk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pylnkInstall python3-pylnk 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-pylnk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pylnkHow To Uninstall python3-pylnk on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-pylnk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pylnkUninstall python3-pylnk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pylnk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pylnkRemove python3-pylnk Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pylnk configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pylnkRemove python3-pylnk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pylnk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pylnkDependencies
python3-pylnk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pylnk package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
