How To Install libdistro-info-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libdistro-info-perl

libdistro-info-perl is:

Information about all releases of Debian and Ubuntu.

This package contains a Perl module for parsing the data in distro-info-data. There is also a command line interface in the distro-info package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libdistro-info-perl

Install libdistro-info-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdistro-info-perl

Install libdistro-info-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 libdistro-info-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdistro-info-perl

How To Uninstall libdistro-info-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libdistro-info-perl

Uninstall libdistro-info-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdistro-info-perl

Remove libdistro-info-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libdistro-info-perl

Remove libdistro-info-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdistro-info-perl

Dependencies

libdistro-info-perl have the following dependencies:

• distro-info-data
• perl

References

• libdistro-info-perl website

Summary

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