How To Install python3-twitter on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-twitter on Kali Linux.
What is python3-twitter
python3-twitter is:
This library provides a pure Python 3 interface for the Twitter API.
Twitter provides a service that allows people to connect via the web, IM, and SMS. Twitter exposes a web services API (http://twitter.com/help/api) and this library is intended to make it even easier for Python programmers to use.
There are three methods to install python3-twitter 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-twitter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-twitter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-twitterInstall python3-twitter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-twitter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-twitterInstall python3-twitter 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-twitter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-twitterHow To Uninstall python3-twitter on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-twitter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-twitterUninstall python3-twitter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-twitter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-twitterRemove python3-twitter Configurations and Data
To remove python3-twitter configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-twitterRemove python3-twitter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-twitter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-twitterDependencies
python3-twitter have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-twitter package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.