How To Install libforest-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libforest-perl

libforest-perl is:

Forest is a collection of Perl modules implementing a generalized N-ary tree data structure. It also includes several modules useful for manipulating this data, including loading data from file, indexing it in memory, and writing it back out to files (in various formats).

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

sudo apt-get -y install libforest-perl

Install libforest-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libforest-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libforest-perl

How To Uninstall libforest-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libforest-perl

Uninstall libforest-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libforest-perl

Remove libforest-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libforest-perl

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

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

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

Dependencies

libforest-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libforest-perl website

Summary

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