How To Install libdist-metadata-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libdist-metadata-perl

libdist-metadata-perl is:

Dist::Metadata provides an easy interface for getting various metadata about a Perl module distribution.

This is mostly a wrapper around CPAN::Meta providing an easy interface to find and load the meta file from a tar.gz file. A dist can also be represented by a directory or merely a structure of data.

If the dist does not contain a meta file the module will attempt to determine some of that data from the dist.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libdist-metadata-perl

Install libdist-metadata-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdist-metadata-perl

Install libdist-metadata-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 libdist-metadata-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdist-metadata-perl

How To Uninstall libdist-metadata-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libdist-metadata-perl

Uninstall libdist-metadata-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdist-metadata-perl

Remove libdist-metadata-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libdist-metadata-perl

Remove libdist-metadata-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdist-metadata-perl

Dependencies

libdist-metadata-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libdist-metadata-perl website

Summary

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