How To Install python3-pypdf2 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pypdf2
on Kali Linux.
What is python3-pypdf2
python3-pypdf2 is:
A Pure-Python library built as a PDF toolkit. It is capable of:
- extracting document information (title, author, …),
- splitting documents page by page,
- merging documents page by page,
- cropping pages,
- merging multiple pages into a single page,
- encrypting and decrypting PDF files.
By being Pure-Python, it should run on any Python platform without any dependencies on external libraries. It can also work entirely on StringIO objects rather than file streams, allowing for PDF manipulation in memory. It is therefore a useful tool for websites that manage or manipulate PDFs.
This is the Python 3 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python3-pypdf2
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-pypdf2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pypdf2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install python3-pypdf2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pypdf2
using apt
by running the following command:
Install python3-pypdf2 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.
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pypdf2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall python3-pypdf2 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-pypdf2
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall python3-pypdf2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pypdf2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove python3-pypdf2 Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pypdf2
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove python3-pypdf2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pypdf2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
python3-pypdf2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pypdf2
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.