How To Install python3-rpm on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rpm on Kali Linux.
What is python3-rpm
python3-rpm is:
The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a command-line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating computer software packages.
This package includes the Python bindings for librpm, allowing Python scripts to manipulate RPM packages and the RPM database.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-rpm 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-rpm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-rpm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-rpmInstall python3-rpm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-rpm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-rpmInstall python3-rpm 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-rpm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-rpmHow To Uninstall python3-rpm on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-rpm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-rpmUninstall python3-rpm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-rpm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-rpmRemove python3-rpm Configurations and Data
To remove python3-rpm configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-rpmRemove python3-rpm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-rpm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-rpmDependencies
python3-rpm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rpm package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.