How To Install libgeo-postcode-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libgeo-postcode-perl

libgeo-postcode-perl is:

Geo::Postcode will accept full or partial UK postcodes, validate them against the official spec, separate them into their significant parts, translate them into map references or co-ordinates and calculate distances between them.

The last two features require a postcode database to be supplied separately.

It does not check whether the supplied postcode exists: only whether it is well-formed according to British Standard 7666, which you can find here:

http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/gdsc/html/frames/PostCode.htm

Geo::Postcode will also work with partial codes, ie areas, districts and sectors. They won’t validate, but you can test them for legitimacy with a call to valid_fragment, and you can still turn them into grid references.

To work with US zipcodes, you need Geo::Postalcode instead.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgeo-postcode-perl

Install libgeo-postcode-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgeo-postcode-perl

Install libgeo-postcode-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 libgeo-postcode-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgeo-postcode-perl

How To Uninstall libgeo-postcode-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libgeo-postcode-perl

Uninstall libgeo-postcode-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeo-postcode-perl

Remove libgeo-postcode-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgeo-postcode-perl

Remove libgeo-postcode-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeo-postcode-perl

Dependencies

libgeo-postcode-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libgeo-postcode-perl website

Summary

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