How To Install sphinx-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sphinx-common on Kali Linux.

What is sphinx-common

sphinx-common is:

Sphinx is a tool for producing documentation for Python projects, using reStructuredText as markup language.

This package includes manual pages, templates, translations and other data files.

There are three methods to install sphinx-common 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 sphinx-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sphinx-common

Install sphinx-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sphinx-common

Install sphinx-common 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 sphinx-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sphinx-common

How To Uninstall sphinx-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the sphinx-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sphinx-common

Uninstall sphinx-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sphinx-common

Remove sphinx-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sphinx-common

Remove sphinx-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sphinx-common

Dependencies

sphinx-common have the following dependencies:

• libjs-sphinxdoc

References

• sphinx-common website

Summary

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