How To Install libfailures-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libfailures-perl

libfailures-perl is:

The failures module lets you define an exception hierarchy quickly and simply.

The design goals were:

?? minimalist interface ?? 80% of features in 20% of lines of code ?? depend only on core modules (nearly achieved) ?? support hierarchical error types ?? identify errors types by name (class) not by parsing strings ?? leave (possibly expensive) trace decisions to the thrower

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfailures-perl

Install libfailures-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfailures-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libfailures-perl

How To Uninstall libfailures-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libfailures-perl

Uninstall libfailures-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfailures-perl

Remove libfailures-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfailures-perl

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

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

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

Dependencies

libfailures-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libfailures-perl website

Summary

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