How To Install libcdb-file-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdb-file-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libcdb-file-perl

libcdb-file-perl is:

CDB_File is a module which provides a Perl interface to creating and querying cdb databases. cdb is a fast, reliable and lightweight package for creating and reading constant databases, developed by Dan Bernstein.

See http://pobox.com/~djb/cdb.html for more information about cdb.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcdb-file-perl

Install libcdb-file-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcdb-file-perl

Install libcdb-file-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 libcdb-file-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcdb-file-perl

How To Uninstall libcdb-file-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcdb-file-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcdb-file-perl

Uninstall libcdb-file-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcdb-file-perl

Remove libcdb-file-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcdb-file-perl

Remove libcdb-file-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcdb-file-perl

Dependencies

libcdb-file-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• perlapi-5.32.0
• libc6

References

• libcdb-file-perl website

Summary

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