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.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libapt-pkg-perl

Install libapt-pkg-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libapt-pkg-perl

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.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libapt-pkg-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libapt-pkg-perl

How To Uninstall libapt-pkg-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libapt-pkg-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libapt-pkg-perl

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:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapt-pkg-perl

Remove libapt-pkg-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libapt-pkg-perl

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:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapt-pkg-perl

Dependencies

libapt-pkg-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• perlapi-5.32.1
• libapt-pkg6.0
• libc6
• libgcc-s1

References

• libapt-pkg-perl website

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.