How To Install python3-yaramod on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-yaramod on Kali Linux. python3-yaramod is YARA parser for C++ (Python 3 binding)

Introduction

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

What is python3-yaramod

python3-yaramod is:

yaramod is a library that provides parsing of YARA rules into AST and a C++ programming interface to build new YARA rulesets. yaramod also comes with Python bindings and can be installed using pip.

This package contains the Python 3 binding.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-yaramod

Install python3-yaramod Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-yaramod

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-yaramod

How To Uninstall python3-yaramod on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-yaramod

Uninstall python3-yaramod And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-yaramod

Remove python3-yaramod Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-yaramod

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-yaramod have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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