How To Install python3-tlsh on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tlsh on Kali Linux. python3-tlsh is fuzzy hashing library - Python3 module

Introduction

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

What is python3-tlsh

python3-tlsh is:

The Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash is a fuzzy hash algorithm that can be used to compare similar but not identical files.

Identifying near duplicates and similar files is known to be useful to identify malware samples with similar binary file structure, variants of spam email, or backups with corrupted files.

This package contains the Python3 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-tlsh

Install python3-tlsh Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-tlsh

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-tlsh

How To Uninstall python3-tlsh on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-tlsh

Uninstall python3-tlsh And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-tlsh

Remove python3-tlsh Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-tlsh

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-tlsh have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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