How To Install pecan-3.6 on Kali Linux

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install python3-pecan

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is pecan-3.6 and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Kali Linux. This guide was written specifically with a server running Kali Linux in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install pecan-3.6 on Kali Linux. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install pecan-3.6 using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install pecan-3.6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-pecan

Install pecan-3.6 using apt

Because pecan-3.6 is available in Kali Linux’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install pecan-3.6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-pecan

Install pecan-3.6 using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 aptitude database, You can install pecan-3.6 by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-pecan

How to upgrade (update) a single package pecan-3.6 using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the pecan-3.6, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install python3-pecan

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install python3-pecan

How To Uninstall pecan-3.6 from Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pecan-3.6 package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-pecan

Uninstall pecan-3.6 and all its dependencies

To uninstall pecan-3.6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pecan

Remove pecan-3.6 with all configurations and data

To remove pecan-3.6 configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pecan

Remove pecan-3.6 completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to pecan-3.6 package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pecan

Extra info and code examples

The Pecan Python module is a WSGI object-dispatching web framework designed to be lean and fast with few dependencies. Pecan comes bundled with a lightweight WSGI development server based on Python's wsgiref.simpleserver. Pecan applications also come with an interactive Python shell which can be used to execute expressions in an environment very similar to the one your application runs in (using the "pecan shell" command). WSGI is the "Web Server Gateway Interface". It defines a simple and universal interface between web servers and web applications or frameworks for the Python programming language. This package contains the Python 3.x module.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install pecan-3.6 using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the pecan-3.6 from Kali Linux.

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