How To Install python3-webvtt on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-webvtt on Kali Linux. python3-webvtt is Read, write and segment WebVTT caption files (Python3 version)

Introduction

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

What is python3-webvtt

python3-webvtt is:

Python module for reading/writing WebVTT caption files. It also features caption segmentation useful when captioning HLS videos.

Converting captions from other formats is supported for:

  • SubRip (.srt)
  • YouTube SBV (.sbv)

This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-webvtt

Install python3-webvtt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-webvtt

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-webvtt

How To Uninstall python3-webvtt on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-webvtt

Uninstall python3-webvtt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-webvtt

Remove python3-webvtt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-webvtt

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-webvtt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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