How To Install python3-yenc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-yenc on Kali Linux. python3-yenc is yEnc encoding/decoding extension (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-yenc

python3-yenc is:

The yEnc module provides a simple API for raw encoding/decoding of yencoded binaries, mainly used when retrieving from or posting to Usenet. It is significantly faster than any pure-Python implementation.

This package contains the Python 3 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-yenc

Install python3-yenc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-yenc

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-yenc

How To Uninstall python3-yenc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-yenc

Uninstall python3-yenc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-yenc

Remove python3-yenc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-yenc

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-yenc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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