How To Install python3-rbd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rbd on Kali Linux. python3-rbd is Python 3 libraries for the Ceph librbd library

Introduction

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

What is python3-rbd

python3-rbd is:

Ceph is a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system that runs on commodity hardware and delivers object, block and file system storage.

This package contains Python 3 libraries for interacting with Ceph’s RBD block device library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-rbd

Install python3-rbd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-rbd

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-rbd

How To Uninstall python3-rbd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-rbd

Uninstall python3-rbd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-rbd

Remove python3-rbd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-rbd

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-rbd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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