How To Install libclang-perl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libclang-perl on Kali Linux. libclang-perl is Perl bindings to the Clang compilers indexing interface

Introduction

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

What is libclang-perl

libclang-perl is:

Clang is a compiler front end for the C, C++, Objective-C, and Objective-C++ programming languages which uses LLVM as its back end.

Clang module provides Perl bindings to the Clang indexing interface, used for extracting high-level symbol information from source files without exposing the full Clang C++ API.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libclang-perl

Install libclang-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libclang-perl

Install libclang-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 libclang-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libclang-perl

How To Uninstall libclang-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libclang-perl

Uninstall libclang-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclang-perl

Remove libclang-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libclang-perl

Remove libclang-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclang-perl

Dependencies

libclang-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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