How To Install libdpkg-perl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdpkg-perl on Kali Linux. libdpkg-perl is Dpkg perl modules

Introduction

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

What is libdpkg-perl

libdpkg-perl is:

This package provides the perl modules used by the scripts in dpkg-dev. They cover a wide range of functionality. Among them there are the following public modules:

  • Dpkg: core variables
  • Dpkg::Arch: architecture handling functions
  • Dpkg::Build::Info: build information functions
  • Dpkg::BuildFlags: set, modify and query compilation build flags
  • Dpkg::BuildOptions: parse and manipulate DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
  • Dpkg::BuildProfiles: parse and manipulate build profiles
  • Dpkg::Changelog: parse changelogs
  • Dpkg::Changelog::Entry: represents a changelog entry
  • Dpkg::Changelog::Parse: generic changelog parser for dpkg-parsechangelog
  • Dpkg::Checksums: generate and parse checksums
  • Dpkg::Compression: simple database of available compression methods
  • Dpkg::Compression::FileHandle: transparently (de)compress files
  • Dpkg::Compression::Process: wrapper around compression tools
  • Dpkg::Conf: parse dpkg configuration files
  • Dpkg::Control: parse and manipulate Debian control information (.dsc, .changes, Packages/Sources entries, etc.)
  • Dpkg::Control::Changelog: represent fields output by dpkg-parsechangelog
  • Dpkg::Control::Fields: manage (list of known) control fields
  • Dpkg::Control::Hash: parse and manipulate a block of RFC822-like fields
  • Dpkg::Control::Info: parse files like debian/control
  • Dpkg::Control::Tests: parse files like debian/tests/control
  • Dpkg::Control::Tests::Entry: represents a debian/tests/control stanza
  • Dpkg::Deps: parse and manipulate dependencies
  • Dpkg::Deps::Simple: represents a single dependency statement
  • Dpkg::Deps::Multiple: base module to represent multiple dependencies
  • Dpkg::Deps::Union: list of unrelated dependencies
  • Dpkg::Deps::AND: list of AND dependencies
  • Dpkg::Deps::OR: list of OR dependencies
  • Dpkg::Deps::KnownFacts: list of installed and virtual packages
  • Dpkg::Exit: push, pop and run exit handlers
  • Dpkg::Gettext: wrapper around Locale::gettext
  • Dpkg::IPC: spawn sub-processes and feed/retrieve data
  • Dpkg::Index: collections of Dpkg::Control (Packages/Sources files for example)
  • Dpkg::Interface::Storable: base object serializer
  • Dpkg::Path: common path handling functions
  • Dpkg::Source::Format: manipulate debian/source/format files
  • Dpkg::Source::Package: extract Debian source packages
  • Dpkg::Substvars: substitute variables in strings
  • Dpkg::Vendor: identify current distribution vendor
  • Dpkg::Version: parse and manipulate Debian package versions

All the packages listed in Suggests or Recommends are used by some of the modules.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libdpkg-perl

Install libdpkg-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdpkg-perl

Install libdpkg-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 libdpkg-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdpkg-perl

How To Uninstall libdpkg-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libdpkg-perl

Uninstall libdpkg-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdpkg-perl

Remove libdpkg-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libdpkg-perl

Remove libdpkg-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdpkg-perl

Dependencies

libdpkg-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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