How To Install libapt-pkg-perl on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapt-pkg-perl
on Kali Linux.
What is libapt-pkg-perl
libapt-pkg-perl is:
A Perl interface to APT’s libapt-pkg which provides modules for configuration file/command line parsing, version comparison, inspection of the binary package cache and source package details.
There are three methods to install libapt-pkg-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 libapt-pkg-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libapt-pkg-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install libapt-pkg-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libapt-pkg-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
Install libapt-pkg-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.
After updating apt database, We can install libapt-pkg-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libapt-pkg-perl on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libapt-pkg-perl
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall libapt-pkg-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libapt-pkg-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove libapt-pkg-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libapt-pkg-perl
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove libapt-pkg-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libapt-pkg-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
libapt-pkg-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapt-pkg-perl
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.