How To Install shiboken2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install shiboken2 on Kali Linux.

What is shiboken2

shiboken2 is:

Shiboken2 is a bindings generator for C++ libraries that outputs CPython source code. It collects information from library headers, and then merges modifications and handwritten code defined in the typesystem description.

Shiboken2 is the binding generator used to create the PySide2 bindings.

There are three methods to install shiboken2 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 shiboken2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install shiboken2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install shiboken2

Install shiboken2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install shiboken2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install shiboken2

Install shiboken2 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 shiboken2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install shiboken2

How To Uninstall shiboken2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the shiboken2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove shiboken2

Uninstall shiboken2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall shiboken2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove shiboken2

Remove shiboken2 Configurations and Data

To remove shiboken2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge shiboken2

Remove shiboken2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove shiboken2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shiboken2

Dependencies

shiboken2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libclang1-11

References

• shiboken2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install shiboken2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.