How To Install python3-urwid on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-urwid on Kali Linux. python3-urwid is curses-based UI/widget library for Python 3

Introduction

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

What is python3-urwid

python3-urwid is:

Urwid is a console user interface library that includes many features useful for text console application developers including:

  • Fluid interface resizing (xterm window resizing/fbset on Linux console)
  • Web application display mode using Apache and CGI
  • Support for UTF-8, simple 8-bit and CJK encodings
  • Multiple text alignment and wrapping modes built-in
  • Ability to create user-defined text layout classes
  • Simple markup for setting text attributes
  • Powerful list box that handles scrolling between different widget types
  • List box contents may be managed with a user-defined class
  • Flexible edit box for editing many different types of text
  • Buttons, check boxes and radio boxes
  • Customizable layout for all widgets
  • Easy interface for creating HTML screen shots

This is the Python 3 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-urwid

Install python3-urwid Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-urwid

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-urwid

How To Uninstall python3-urwid on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-urwid

Uninstall python3-urwid And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-urwid

Remove python3-urwid Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-urwid

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-urwid have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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