How To Install python3-zake on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-zake on Kali Linux. python3-zake is provides a set of testing utilities for the kazoo library - Python 3.x

Introduction

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

What is python3-zake

python3-zake is:

Zake is a Python package that works to provide a nice set of testing utilities for the kazoo library.

It includes the following functionality:

  • Storage access (for viewing what was saved/created).
  • Kazoo mostly compatible client API.
  • Sync/transaction/create/get/delete… commands.
  • Listener support.
  • And more…

It simplifies testing by providing a client that has a similar API as the kazoo client so that your tests (or applications/libraries that use kazoo) do not require a real zookeeper server to be tested with (since this is not available in all testing environments).

This package contains the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-zake

Install python3-zake Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-zake

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-zake

How To Uninstall python3-zake on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-zake

Uninstall python3-zake And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-zake

Remove python3-zake Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-zake

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-zake have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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