How To Install python3-snimpy on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-snimpy on Kali Linux. python3-snimpy is high-level SNMP bindings for Python 3

Introduction

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

What is python3-snimpy

python3-snimpy is:

Snimpy is a Python-based tool providing a simple interface to build SNMP queries. This interface aims at being the most Pythonic possible: you grab scalars using attributes and columns are like dictionaries.

Snimpy can either be used interactively through its console (derived from Python own console or from IPython if available) or by writing snimpy scripts which are just Python scripts with some global variables available.

This package contains the binding for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-snimpy

Install python3-snimpy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-snimpy

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-snimpy

How To Uninstall python3-snimpy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-snimpy

Uninstall python3-snimpy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-snimpy

Remove python3-snimpy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-snimpy

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-snimpy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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