How To Install tappy on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tappy on Kali Linux. tappy is TAP consumer tool

Introduction

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

What is tappy

tappy is:

The tap.py package provides a set of tools for working with the Test Anything Protocol (TAP). TAP is a line based test protocol for recording test data in a standard way.

This package provides the command-line tool ’tappy’, which parses TAP syntax in files or a stream and produces unittest-style output.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tappy

Install tappy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tappy

Install tappy 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 tappy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tappy

How To Uninstall tappy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tappy

Uninstall tappy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tappy

Remove tappy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tappy

Remove tappy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tappy

Dependencies

tappy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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