How To Install radon on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install radon on Kali Linux. radon is Python tool to compute code metrics (Python3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install radon on Kali Linux.

What is radon

radon is:

Radon is a Python tool which computes various code metrics. Supported metrics are:

raw metrics: SLOC, comment lines, blank lines, &c. Cyclomatic Complexity (i.e. McCabe??s Complexity) Halstead metrics (all of them) the Maintainability Index (a Visual Studio metric)

Radon can be used either from the command line or programmatically through its API.

There are three methods to install radon 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 radon Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install radon

Install radon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install radon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install radon

Install radon 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 radon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install radon

How To Uninstall radon on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the radon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove radon

Uninstall radon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove radon

Remove radon Configurations and Data

To remove radon configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge radon

Remove radon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge radon

Dependencies

radon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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