How To Install sip5-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install sip5-tools on Kali Linux. sip5-tools is Python bindings generator for C/C++ libraries ?? command line tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sip5-tools on Kali Linux.

What is sip5-tools

sip5-tools is:

SIP is a collection of tools that makes it very easy to create Python bindings for C and C++ libraries.

This package contains the following command line tools:

  • sip-build
  • sip-distinfo
  • sip-install
  • sip-module
  • sip-sdist
  • sip-wheel
  • sip5 (legacy)

Please depend on sip-tools instead of sip5-tools if your package does not use the legacy sip5 tool.

There are three methods to install sip5-tools 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 sip5-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install sip5-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sip5-tools

Install sip5-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sip5-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sip5-tools

Install sip5-tools 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 sip5-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sip5-tools

How To Uninstall sip5-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the sip5-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sip5-tools

Uninstall sip5-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sip5-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sip5-tools

Remove sip5-tools Configurations and Data

To remove sip5-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sip5-tools

Remove sip5-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sip5-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sip5-tools

Dependencies

sip5-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sip5-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.