How To Install libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl

libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl is:

Graph::Writer::GraphViz is a class for writing out a Graph object with GraphViz module. All GraphViz formats should be supported without a problem.

Unlike other Graph::Writer modules, this module provide an extra parameter ‘-format’ to new() method, in order to save different format. Other supported GraphViz parameters are -layout, -ranksep, -shape, -fontsize, -arrowsize.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl

Install libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl

Install libgraph-writer-graphviz-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 libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl

How To Uninstall libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl

Uninstall libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl

Remove libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl

Remove libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl

Dependencies

libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libgraph-writer-graphviz-perl website

Summary

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