How To Install python3-urllib3 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-urllib3 on Kali Linux. python3-urllib3 is HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling for Python3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-urllib3 on Kali Linux.

What is python3-urllib3

python3-urllib3 is:

urllib3 supports features left out of urllib and urllib2 libraries.

  • Re-use the same socket connection for multiple requests (HTTPConnectionPool and HTTPSConnectionPool) (with optional client-side certificate verification).
  • File posting (encode_multipart_formdata).
  • Built-in redirection and retries (optional).
  • Supports gzip and deflate decoding.
  • Thread-safe and sanity-safe.
  • Small and easy to understand codebase perfect for extending and building upon.

This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.

There are three methods to install python3-urllib3 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-urllib3 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-urllib3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-urllib3

Install python3-urllib3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-urllib3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-urllib3

Install python3-urllib3 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-urllib3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-urllib3

How To Uninstall python3-urllib3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-urllib3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-urllib3

Uninstall python3-urllib3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-urllib3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-urllib3

Remove python3-urllib3 Configurations and Data

To remove python3-urllib3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-urllib3

Remove python3-urllib3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-urllib3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-urllib3

Dependencies

python3-urllib3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-urllib3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.