How To Install libcurses-widgets-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libcurses-widgets-perl

libcurses-widgets-perl is:

This module provides a standard library of functions and widgets for use in creating Curses-based interfaces. Should work reliably with both Curses and nCurses libraries.

Current widgets include text field, list box, button sets, calendar, message box, input box

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcurses-widgets-perl

Install libcurses-widgets-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcurses-widgets-perl

Install libcurses-widgets-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 libcurses-widgets-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcurses-widgets-perl

How To Uninstall libcurses-widgets-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libcurses-widgets-perl

Uninstall libcurses-widgets-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcurses-widgets-perl

Remove libcurses-widgets-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcurses-widgets-perl

Remove libcurses-widgets-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcurses-widgets-perl

Dependencies

libcurses-widgets-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libcurses-perl

References

• libcurses-widgets-perl website

Summary

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