How To Install librt-client-rest-perl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librt-client-rest-perl on Kali Linux. librt-client-rest-perl is RESTful Perl interface to RT installations

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librt-client-rest-perl on Kali Linux.

What is librt-client-rest-perl

librt-client-rest-perl is:

RT::Client::REST is a set of object-oriented Perl modules designed to make communicating with RT using REST protocol easy. Most of the features have been implemented and tested with rt 3.6.0 and later.

There are three methods to install librt-client-rest-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 librt-client-rest-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 librt-client-rest-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librt-client-rest-perl

Install librt-client-rest-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librt-client-rest-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librt-client-rest-perl

Install librt-client-rest-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 librt-client-rest-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librt-client-rest-perl

How To Uninstall librt-client-rest-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librt-client-rest-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librt-client-rest-perl

Uninstall librt-client-rest-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librt-client-rest-perl

Remove librt-client-rest-perl Configurations and Data

To remove librt-client-rest-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librt-client-rest-perl

Remove librt-client-rest-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librt-client-rest-perl

Dependencies

librt-client-rest-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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