How To Install python3-yowsup on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-yowsup on Kali Linux.
What is python3-yowsup
python3-yowsup is:
WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform mobile messaging app which allows you to exchange messages, via Internet, without having to pay for SMS, using a mobile phone.
In addition to basic messaging, WhatsApp users can create groups, send each other unlimited images, video and audio media messages.
Yowsup is a cross platform Python library that enable to do all the previous in your own app. Yowsup allows you to login and use the WhatsApp service, providing all capabilities of an official WhatsApp client, allowing to create a full-fledged custom WhatsApp client.
python3-yowsup has these features: - Registration. - Text send/receive. - Encryption of messages. - Media send/receive (images, videos, audio, location, contact cards). - Groups(create, leave, join, update picture, updating subject). - Fetch user profile picture. - Fetch user status. - Set profile picture. - Set group icon. - Set status and others.
The package yowsup-cli is a good example of the python-yowsup implementation.
There are three methods to install python3-yowsup 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-yowsup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-yowsup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-yowsupInstall python3-yowsup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-yowsup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-yowsupInstall python3-yowsup 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-yowsup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-yowsupHow To Uninstall python3-yowsup on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-yowsup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-yowsupUninstall python3-yowsup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-yowsup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-yowsupRemove python3-yowsup Configurations and Data
To remove python3-yowsup configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-yowsupRemove python3-yowsup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-yowsup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-yowsupDependencies
python3-yowsup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-yowsup package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
