How To Install python3-vcstools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-vcstools on Kali Linux. python3-vcstools is VCS/SCM Python source control library for svn, git, hg, and bzr (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-vcstools

python3-vcstools is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). The vcstools module provides a Python API for interacting with different version control systems (VCS/SCMs). The VcsClient class provides an API for seamlessly interacting with Git, Mercurial (Hg), Bzr and SVN. The focus of the API is manipulating on-disk checkouts of source-controlled trees.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-vcstools

Install python3-vcstools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-vcstools

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-vcstools

How To Uninstall python3-vcstools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-vcstools

Uninstall python3-vcstools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-vcstools

Remove python3-vcstools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-vcstools

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-vcstools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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