How To Install virtualenvwrapper on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is virtualenvwrapper

virtualenvwrapper is:

virtualenvwrapper is a set of extensions to Ian Bicking’s virtualenv tool. The extensions include wrappers for creating and deleting virtual environments and otherwise managing your development workflow, making it easier to work on more than one project at a time without introducing conflicts in their dependencies.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install virtualenvwrapper

Install virtualenvwrapper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install virtualenvwrapper

Install virtualenvwrapper 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 virtualenvwrapper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install virtualenvwrapper

How To Uninstall virtualenvwrapper on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove virtualenvwrapper

Uninstall virtualenvwrapper And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove virtualenvwrapper

Remove virtualenvwrapper Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge virtualenvwrapper

Remove virtualenvwrapper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge virtualenvwrapper

Dependencies

virtualenvwrapper have the following dependencies:

• python3-virtualenvwrapper
• virtualenv

References

• virtualenvwrapper website

Summary

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