How To Install libencode-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libencode-perl

libencode-perl is:

The Encode module provides the interfaces between Perl’s strings and the rest of the system.

When Perl is processing “binary data”, the programmer wants Perl to process “sequences of bytes”. This is not a problem for Perl - as a byte has 256 possible values, it easily fits in Perl’s much larger “logical character”.

Encodes a string from Perl’s internal form into ENCODING and returns a sequence of octets.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libencode-perl

Install libencode-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libencode-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libencode-perl

How To Uninstall libencode-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libencode-perl

Uninstall libencode-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libencode-perl

Remove libencode-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libencode-perl

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

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

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

Dependencies

libencode-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• perlapi-5.32.0
• libc6

References

• libencode-perl website

Summary

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