How To Install python3-shapely on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-shapely on Kali Linux. python3-shapely is geometric objects, predicates, and operations (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-shapely

python3-shapely is:

Shapely is a package for manipulation and analysis of 2D features. Its capabilities include:

  • calculating the point set unions, intersections, or differences of features
  • predicate tests on features: intersects, touches, contains, and more.

Supported geometric types are points, line strings, linear rings, polygons, and homogeneous or heterogeneous collections thereof.

This is the Python 3 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-shapely

Install python3-shapely Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-shapely

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-shapely

How To Uninstall python3-shapely on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-shapely

Uninstall python3-shapely And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-shapely

Remove python3-shapely Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-shapely

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-shapely have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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