How To Install libbot-basicbot-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbot-basicbot-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libbot-basicbot-perl

libbot-basicbot-perl is:

Basic IRC bot system designed to make it easy to do simple bots, optionally forking longer processes (like searches) concurrently in the background.

Several examples of bots using Bot::BasicBot are provided.

There are three methods to install libbot-basicbot-perl 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 libbot-basicbot-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libbot-basicbot-perl

Install libbot-basicbot-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libbot-basicbot-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libbot-basicbot-perl

Install libbot-basicbot-perl 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 libbot-basicbot-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbot-basicbot-perl

How To Uninstall libbot-basicbot-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libbot-basicbot-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbot-basicbot-perl

Uninstall libbot-basicbot-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbot-basicbot-perl

Remove libbot-basicbot-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libbot-basicbot-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbot-basicbot-perl

Remove libbot-basicbot-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libbot-basicbot-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbot-basicbot-perl

Dependencies

libbot-basicbot-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libirc-utils-perl
• libpoe-component-irc-perl
• libpoe-perl

References

• libbot-basicbot-perl website

Summary

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