How To Install cpanoutdated on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is cpanoutdated

cpanoutdated is:

cpanoutdated prints the list of outdated CPAN modules in your machine. It provides the same feature as ‘CPAN::Shell->r’, but cpan-outdated is much faster and uses less memory. This script can be integrated with the cpanm command.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cpanoutdated

Install cpanoutdated Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cpanoutdated

Install cpanoutdated 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 cpanoutdated using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cpanoutdated

How To Uninstall cpanoutdated on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cpanoutdated

Uninstall cpanoutdated And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cpanoutdated

Remove cpanoutdated Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cpanoutdated

Remove cpanoutdated configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cpanoutdated

Dependencies

cpanoutdated have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• cpanoutdated website

Summary

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