How To Install python3-tap on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is python3-tap

python3-tap is:

The tap.py package provides a set of tools for working with the Test Anything Protocol (TAP). TAP is a line based test protocol for recording test data in a standard way.

As a TAP producer, this package comes with a test-runner that implements the unittest.TestRunner interface and produces TAP compliant output.

As a TAP consumer, it includes tools to parse the output of TAP compliant producers. It also provides means to replay a test-suite from a captured output, without having to actually run the tests again.

This package provide the Python 3.x version of tap.py.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-tap

Install python3-tap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-tap

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-tap

How To Uninstall python3-tap on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-tap

Uninstall python3-tap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-tap

Remove python3-tap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-tap

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-tap have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• python3-tap website

Summary

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