How To Install libcpan-distnameinfo-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libcpan-distnameinfo-perl

libcpan-distnameinfo-perl is:

CPAN::DistnameInfo is a Perl module that extracts the name and version from a CPAN distribution name. It uses heuristics similar to those used by the main URL:https://metacpan.org/ site to extract the distribution information. It also reports if the version is to be treated as a developer release.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcpan-distnameinfo-perl

Install libcpan-distnameinfo-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcpan-distnameinfo-perl

Install libcpan-distnameinfo-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 libcpan-distnameinfo-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcpan-distnameinfo-perl

How To Uninstall libcpan-distnameinfo-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libcpan-distnameinfo-perl

Uninstall libcpan-distnameinfo-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcpan-distnameinfo-perl

Remove libcpan-distnameinfo-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcpan-distnameinfo-perl

Remove libcpan-distnameinfo-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcpan-distnameinfo-perl

Dependencies

libcpan-distnameinfo-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libcpan-distnameinfo-perl website

Summary

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