How To Install python3-vulndb on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is python3-vulndb

python3-vulndb is:

It’s a Python3 SDK to access the vulnerability database. User, contributor and developer-friendly vulnerability database. The goal is to provide a vulnerability database which is:

• Actionable, easy to read and understand for developers and sysadmins who need to fix the vulnerability
• Easy to integrate by developers into any vulnerability scanner, report generator, penetration testing tool or related tool.
• Trivial to contribute to, by using JSON to store the vulnerabilities

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-vulndb

Install python3-vulndb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-vulndb

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-vulndb

How To Uninstall python3-vulndb on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-vulndb

Uninstall python3-vulndb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-vulndb

Remove python3-vulndb Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-vulndb

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-vulndb have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• python3-vulndb website

Summary

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