How To Install libapp-cmd-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapp-cmd-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libapp-cmd-perl

libapp-cmd-perl is:

App::Cmd is intended to make it easy to write complex command-line applications without having to think about most of the annoying things usually involved.

For information on how to start using App::Cmd, see App::Cmd::Tutorial.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libapp-cmd-perl

Install libapp-cmd-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libapp-cmd-perl

Install libapp-cmd-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 libapp-cmd-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libapp-cmd-perl

How To Uninstall libapp-cmd-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libapp-cmd-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libapp-cmd-perl

Uninstall libapp-cmd-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapp-cmd-perl

Remove libapp-cmd-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libapp-cmd-perl

Remove libapp-cmd-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapp-cmd-perl

Dependencies

libapp-cmd-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libcapture-tiny-perl
• libclass-load-perl
• libgetopt-long-descriptive-perl
• libio-tiecombine-perl
• libmodule-pluggable-perl
• libstring-rewriteprefix-perl
• libsub-exporter-perl
• libsub-install-perl

References

• libapp-cmd-perl website

Summary

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