Unable to install Python3 packages on Debian based OS

Question

I am using Kali Linux (based on Debian) and below is the output of the uname -a command

Linux kali 5.3.0-kali2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.3.9-3kali1 (2019-11-20) x86_64 GNU/Linux 

I want to install the following python3 packages but apt-get cannot find them:

python3-geoip python3-whois 

Below is the output when I try to install python3-whois package using apt-get command

# sudo apt-get install python3-whois Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package python3-whois 

I already ran the following commands to update apt-get

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade 

The version of Python installed is 3.7.5 and python3 is located in the path: /usr/bin/python3

Update:

Below are the contents of my /etc/apt/sources.list file

# # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2019.4 _Kali-rolling_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20191125-10:47]/ kali-last-snapshot contrib main non-free #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2019.4 _Kali-rolling_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20191125-10:47]/ kali-last-snapshot contrib main non-free # This system was installed using small removable media # (e.g. netinst, live or single CD). The matching "deb cdrom" # entries were disabled at the end of the installation process. # For information about how to configure apt package sources, # see the sources.list(5) manual. deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib 

I even checked the apt update logs here: /var/log/apt/history.log and there is no information corresponding to the apt-get install commands I ran.

It seems like Kali Linux is not configured with the apt-get repositories by default?

How can I install the above python3 packages?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Assuming python's own pip package manager is installed and configured correctly, you may try

pip install python-geoip-python3 pip install python-whois 

to install the missing packages. Depending on the installation, the binary may also be called pip3.

Answer 2

My thoughts is that Kali is based but is not using the Debian repositories itself, the package exist at https://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/python3-whois. So as last chance you can download it manually and install it but a log of apt update is the fest way to check if is using those repositories.