How To Install libarchive-extract-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libarchive-extract-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libarchive-extract-perl

libarchive-extract-perl is:

Archive::Extract is a generic archive extraction mechanism.

It allows you to extract any archive file of the type .tar, .tar.gz, .gz, .Z, tar.bz2, .tbz, .bz2, .zip, .xz,, .txz, .tar.xz or .lzma without having to worry how it does so, or use different interfaces for each type by using either perl modules, or commandline tools on your system.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libarchive-extract-perl

Install libarchive-extract-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libarchive-extract-perl

Install libarchive-extract-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 libarchive-extract-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libarchive-extract-perl

How To Uninstall libarchive-extract-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libarchive-extract-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libarchive-extract-perl

Uninstall libarchive-extract-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libarchive-extract-perl

Remove libarchive-extract-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libarchive-extract-perl

Remove libarchive-extract-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libarchive-extract-perl

Dependencies

libarchive-extract-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libmodule-load-conditional-perl

References

• libarchive-extract-perl website

Summary

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