How To Install perltidy on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is perltidy

perltidy is:

Perltidy is a Perl script which indents and reformats Perl scripts to make them easier to read.

The formatting can be controlled with command line parameters. The default parameter settings approximately follow the suggestions in the Perl Style Guide.

Perltidy can also generate formatted HTML output from POD, and can even generate colored output in HTML for scripts. See examples at http://perltidy.sourceforge.net/

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install perltidy

Install perltidy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install perltidy

Install perltidy 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 perltidy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install perltidy

How To Uninstall perltidy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove perltidy

Uninstall perltidy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove perltidy

Remove perltidy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge perltidy

Remove perltidy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge perltidy

Dependencies

perltidy have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• perltidy website

Summary

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