How To Install python3-wand on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is python3-wand

python3-wand is:

Wand is a ctypes-based simple ImageMagick binding for Python. All functionalities of MagickWand API are implemented in Wand.

Wand provides Pythonic and modern interfaces, good documentation and binding through ctypes (which works on PyPy)

This module is built for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-wand

Install python3-wand Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-wand

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-wand

How To Uninstall python3-wand on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-wand

Uninstall python3-wand And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-wand

Remove python3-wand Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-wand

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-wand have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• python3-wand website

Summary

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