How To Install vulture on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vulture

vulture is:

Vulture uses static code analysis to find unused classes, functions and variables in Python code. This helps to cleanup and find errors in programs. However, the user has to be aware that the static method has its limitations.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vulture

Install vulture Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vulture

Install vulture 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 vulture using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vulture

How To Uninstall vulture on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vulture

Uninstall vulture And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vulture

Remove vulture Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vulture

Remove vulture configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vulture

Dependencies

vulture have the following dependencies:

• python3-toml
• python3

References

• vulture website

Summary

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