How To Install hurl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is hurl

hurl is:

This package contains a hexadecimal & URL (en/de)coder.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hurl

Install hurl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hurl

Install hurl 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 hurl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hurl

How To Uninstall hurl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove hurl

Uninstall hurl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hurl

Remove hurl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge hurl

Remove hurl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hurl

Dependencies

hurl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libcgi-pm-perl

References

• hurl website

Summary

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