How To Install python3-rtree on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rtree on Kali Linux. python3-rtree is R-Tree spatial index for Python GIS - Python 3 module

Introduction

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

What is python3-rtree

python3-rtree is:

Rtree is a ctypes Python wrapper of libspatialindex that provides a number of advanced spatial indexing features for the spatially curious Python user. These features include:

  • Nearest neighbor search
  • Intersection search
  • Multi-dimensional indexes
  • Clustered indexes (store Python pickles directly with index entries)
  • Bulk loading
  • Deletion
  • Disk serialization
  • Custom storage implementation (to implement spatial indexing in ZODB, for example)

This package contains the module for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-rtree

Install python3-rtree Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-rtree

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-rtree

How To Uninstall python3-rtree on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-rtree

Uninstall python3-rtree And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-rtree

Remove python3-rtree Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-rtree

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-rtree have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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