How To Install libenum-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libenum-perl

libenum-perl is:

The enum module defines a set of symbolic constants with ordered numeric values ala C enum types.

It is now capable of creating ordered bitmask constants as well. See the BITMASKS section in the documentation for details.

What are they good for? Typical uses would be for giving mnemonic names to indexes of arrays. Such arrays might be a list of months, days, or a return value index from a function such as localtime().

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

sudo apt-get -y install libenum-perl

Install libenum-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libenum-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libenum-perl

How To Uninstall libenum-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libenum-perl

Uninstall libenum-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libenum-perl

Remove libenum-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libenum-perl

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

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

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

Dependencies

libenum-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libenum-perl website

Summary

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