How To Install python3-shellescape on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-shellescape on Kali Linux.
What is python3-shellescape
python3-shellescape is:
This python3 library helps to escape a string to safely use it as a token in a shell command.
The shellescape Python module defines the shellescape.quote() function that returns a shell-escaped version of a Python string. This is a backport of the shlex.quote() function from Python 3.4.3 that makes it accessible to users of Python 3 versions < 3.3 and all Python 2.x versions.
There are three methods to install python3-shellescape 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-shellescape Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-shellescape using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-shellescapeInstall python3-shellescape Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-shellescape using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-shellescapeInstall python3-shellescape 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-shellescape using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-shellescapeHow To Uninstall python3-shellescape on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-shellescape package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-shellescapeUninstall python3-shellescape And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-shellescape and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-shellescapeRemove python3-shellescape Configurations and Data
To remove python3-shellescape configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-shellescapeRemove python3-shellescape configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-shellescape configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-shellescapeDependencies
python3-shellescape have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-shellescape package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.