How To Install python3-scapy on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-scapy on Kali Linux.
What is python3-scapy
python3-scapy is:
Scapy is a powerful interactive packet manipulation tool, packet generator, network scanner, network discovery, packet sniffer, etc. It can for the moment replace hping, 85% of nmap, arpspoof, arp-sk, arping, tcpdump, tethereal, p0f, ….
In scapy you define a set of packets, then it sends them, receives answers, matches requests with answers and returns a list of packet couples (request, answer) and a list of unmatched packets. This has the big advantage over tools like nmap or hping that an answer is not reduced to (open/closed/filtered), but is the whole packet.
This package contains the Python 3 version of the library and scapy executable.
There are three methods to install python3-scapy 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-scapy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-scapy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-scapyInstall python3-scapy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-scapy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-scapyInstall python3-scapy 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-scapy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-scapyHow To Uninstall python3-scapy on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-scapy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-scapyUninstall python3-scapy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-scapy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-scapyRemove python3-scapy Configurations and Data
To remove python3-scapy configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-scapyRemove python3-scapy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-scapy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-scapyDependencies
python3-scapy have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-scapy package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.