How To Install python3-tinyalign on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tinyalign on Kali Linux. python3-tinyalign is numerical representation of differences between strings

Introduction

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

What is python3-tinyalign

python3-tinyalign is:

A small Python module providing edit distance (aka Levenshtein distance, that is, counting insertions, deletions and substitutions) and Hamming distance computation.

Its main purpose is to speed up computation of edit distance by allowing to specify a maximum number of differences maxdiff (banding). If that parameter is provided, the returned edit distance is anly accurate up to maxdiff. That is, if the actual edit distance is higher than maxdiff, a value larger than maxdiff is returned, but not necessarily the actual edit distance.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-tinyalign

Install python3-tinyalign Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-tinyalign

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-tinyalign

How To Uninstall python3-tinyalign on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-tinyalign

Uninstall python3-tinyalign And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-tinyalign

Remove python3-tinyalign Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-tinyalign

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-tinyalign have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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