How To Install python3-serpent on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is python3-serpent

python3-serpent is:

Serpent provides ast.literal_eval() compatible object tree serialization. It serializes an object tree into bytes (utf-8 encoded string) that can be decoded and then passed as-is to ast.literal_eval() to rebuild it as the original object tree. As such it is safe to send serpent data to other machines over the network for instance (because only ‘safe’ literals are encoded).

This package contains the core Serpent module for Python 3.x .

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-serpent

Install python3-serpent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-serpent

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-serpent

How To Uninstall python3-serpent on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-serpent

Uninstall python3-serpent And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-serpent

Remove python3-serpent Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-serpent

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-serpent have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• python3-serpent website

Summary

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