How To Install python3-readlike on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-readlike on Kali Linux. python3-readlike is GNU Readline-like line editing module

Introduction

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

What is python3-readlike

python3-readlike is:

A Python module that provides GNU Readline-like line editing functions (the default Emacs-style ones). If you just want to use Readline, use the readline package in the standard library–but this package allows access to those capabilties in settings outside of a standard CLI.

Currently, all stateless Readline commands are implemented. This means that yanking and history are not supported.

This module is especially well-suited to interfacing with Urwid_ due to a shared syntax for describing key inputs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-readlike

Install python3-readlike Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-readlike

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-readlike

How To Uninstall python3-readlike on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-readlike

Uninstall python3-readlike And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-readlike

Remove python3-readlike Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-readlike

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-readlike have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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