How To Install cpan-listchanges on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpan-listchanges on Kali Linux.

What is cpan-listchanges

cpan-listchanges is:

cpan-listchanges is a command-line application that compares the Changes file between arbitrary versions of a package. It is similar to apt-listchanges, and by default, it compares the currently installed version with the latest one available on CPAN.

There are three methods to install cpan-listchanges 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 cpan-listchanges Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cpan-listchanges

Install cpan-listchanges Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cpan-listchanges

Install cpan-listchanges 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 cpan-listchanges using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cpan-listchanges

How To Uninstall cpan-listchanges on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cpan-listchanges package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cpan-listchanges

Uninstall cpan-listchanges And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cpan-listchanges

Remove cpan-listchanges Configurations and Data

To remove cpan-listchanges configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cpan-listchanges

Remove cpan-listchanges configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cpan-listchanges

Dependencies

cpan-listchanges have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libalgorithm-diff-perl
• libcpan-distnameinfo-perl
• libtry-tiny-perl
• libwww-perl
• libyaml-perl

References

• cpan-listchanges website

Summary

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