How To Install python3-wheel on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is python3-wheel

python3-wheel is:

A wheel is a ZIP-format archive with a specially formatted filename and the .whl extension. It is designed to contain all the files for a PEP 376 compatible install in a way that is very close to the on-disk format.

The wheel project provides a bdist_wheel command for setuptools. Wheel files can be installed with pip.

This is the Python 3 compatible package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-wheel

Install python3-wheel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-wheel

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-wheel

How To Uninstall python3-wheel on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-wheel

Uninstall python3-wheel And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-wheel

Remove python3-wheel Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-wheel

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-wheel have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• python3-wheel website

Summary

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