How To Install python3-simplejson on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-simplejson on Kali Linux.
What is python3-simplejson
python3-simplejson is:
simplejson is a simple, fast, complete, correct and extensible JSON http://json.org encoder and decoder.
The encoder may be subclassed to provide serialization in any kind of situation, without any special support by the objects to be serialized (somewhat like pickle).
The decoder can handle incoming JSON strings of any specified encoding (UTF-8 by default).
simplejson is the externally maintained development version of the json library included with Python 2.6 and Python 3.0, but maintains backwards compatibility with Python 2.5.
This package contains the Python 3.x module.
There are three methods to install python3-simplejson 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-simplejson Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-simplejson using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-simplejsonInstall python3-simplejson Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-simplejson using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-simplejsonInstall python3-simplejson 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-simplejson using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-simplejsonHow To Uninstall python3-simplejson on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-simplejson package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-simplejsonUninstall python3-simplejson And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-simplejson and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-simplejsonRemove python3-simplejson Configurations and Data
To remove python3-simplejson configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-simplejsonRemove python3-simplejson configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-simplejson configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-simplejsonDependencies
python3-simplejson have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-simplejson package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.