How To Install libforks-perl on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libforks-perl
on Kali Linux.
What is libforks-perl
libforks-perl is:
The forks.pm module is a drop-in replacement for threads.pm. It has the same syntax as the threads.pm module (it even takes over its namespace) but has some significant differences:
- you do not need a special (threaded) version of Perl
- it is much more economic with memory usage on OS’s that support COW
- it is more efficient in the startup of threads
- it is slightly less efficient in the stopping of threads
- it is less efficient in inter-thread communication
If nothing else, it allows you to use the Perl threading model in non-threaded Perl builds and in older versions of Perl (5.6.0 and higher are supported).
There are three methods to install libforks-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 libforks-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libforks-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install libforks-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libforks-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
Install libforks-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.
After updating apt database, We can install libforks-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libforks-perl on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libforks-perl
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall libforks-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libforks-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove libforks-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libforks-perl
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove libforks-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libforks-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
libforks-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libforks-perl
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.