How To Install python3-sunlight on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sunlight on Kali Linux. python3-sunlight is set of bindings to access U.S. government data (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-sunlight

python3-sunlight is:

This module can be used to access U.S. government data, as provided by The Sunlight Foundation’s API services. Data provided includes such data as federal and state-local legislators, legislative instruments, and searches against the congressional record.

This package is for use by developers or other applications, and does not provide any userspace scripts or binaries.

This package provides Python 3 module bindings only.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-sunlight

Install python3-sunlight Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-sunlight

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-sunlight

How To Uninstall python3-sunlight on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-sunlight

Uninstall python3-sunlight And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-sunlight

Remove python3-sunlight Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-sunlight

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-sunlight have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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