How To Install libdevel-dumpvar-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libdevel-dumpvar-perl

libdevel-dumpvar-perl is:

Devel::Dumpvar is a pure object-orientated reimplementation of the same functionality. This makes it much more versatile version to use for dumping information to debug log files or other uses where you don’t need to reassemble the data.

Devel::Dumpvar is a rewritten version of dumpvar.pl, the module used by perl’s debugger to display variables in human-readable form, containing a lot of extra information without the burden of needing to allow the dump to be re-assembled into the original data.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libdevel-dumpvar-perl

Install libdevel-dumpvar-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdevel-dumpvar-perl

Install libdevel-dumpvar-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 libdevel-dumpvar-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdevel-dumpvar-perl

How To Uninstall libdevel-dumpvar-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libdevel-dumpvar-perl

Uninstall libdevel-dumpvar-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdevel-dumpvar-perl

Remove libdevel-dumpvar-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libdevel-dumpvar-perl

Remove libdevel-dumpvar-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdevel-dumpvar-perl

Dependencies

libdevel-dumpvar-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libdevel-dumpvar-perl website

Summary

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