How To Install python3-solv on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-solv on Kali Linux. python3-solv is dependency solver using a satisfiability algorithm (Python3 bindings)

Introduction

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

What is python3-solv

python3-solv is:

This dependency solver code in this package is based on two major, but independent, blocks:

  1. Using a dictionary approach to store and retrieve package and dependency information.
  2. Using satisfiability, a well known and researched topic, for resolving package dependencies.

This package contains the Python (v3) bindings for the libsolv library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-solv

Install python3-solv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-solv

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-solv

How To Uninstall python3-solv on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-solv

Uninstall python3-solv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-solv

Remove python3-solv Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-solv

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-solv have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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