How To Install libapache2-request-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-request-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libapache2-request-perl

libapache2-request-perl is:

The generic Apache request library (APR) contains modules for manipulating client request data with the Apache API from Perl and C. Functionality includes:

• parsing of application/x-www-form-urlencoded data
• parsing of multipart/form-data
• parsing of HTTP Cookies

This package contains the Perl bindings, which are simply a thin XS layer on top of libapreq, making them a lighter and faster alternative to CGI.pm and CGI::Cookie.

There are three methods to install libapache2-request-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 libapache2-request-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 libapache2-request-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libapache2-request-perl

Install libapache2-request-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libapache2-request-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libapache2-request-perl

Install libapache2-request-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 libapache2-request-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libapache2-request-perl

How To Uninstall libapache2-request-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libapache2-request-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libapache2-request-perl

Uninstall libapache2-request-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libapache2-request-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapache2-request-perl

Remove libapache2-request-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libapache2-request-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libapache2-request-perl

Remove libapache2-request-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libapache2-request-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapache2-request-perl

Dependencies

libapache2-request-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• perlapi-5.32.0
• libapr1
• libapreq2-3
• libaprutil1
• libc6
• libapache2-mod-perl2
• libapache2-mod-apreq2

References

• libapache2-request-perl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache2-request-perl package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.