How To Install libfcgi-engine-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libfcgi-engine-perl

libfcgi-engine-perl is:

FCGI::Engine helps manage FCGI based web applications by providing a wrapper which handles most of the low-level FCGI details for you. It can run FCGI programs as simple scripts or as full standalone socket based servers who are managed by FCGI::Engine::ProcManager.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfcgi-engine-perl

Install libfcgi-engine-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfcgi-engine-perl

Install libfcgi-engine-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 libfcgi-engine-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfcgi-engine-perl

How To Uninstall libfcgi-engine-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libfcgi-engine-perl

Uninstall libfcgi-engine-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfcgi-engine-perl

Remove libfcgi-engine-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfcgi-engine-perl

Remove libfcgi-engine-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfcgi-engine-perl

Dependencies

libfcgi-engine-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libfcgi-engine-perl website

Summary

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