How To Install libhdate-perl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhdate-perl on Kali Linux. libhdate-perl is Provides a library that help use Hebrew dates (perl bindings)

Introduction

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

What is libhdate-perl

libhdate-perl is:

LibHdate is a small C,C++ library for Hebrew dates, holidays, and reading sequence (parasha). It is using the source code from Amos Shapir’s “hdate” package fixed and patched by Nadav Har’El. The Torah reading sequence is from tables by Zvi Har’El.

This package contains perl bindings to libhdate

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

sudo apt-get -y install libhdate-perl

Install libhdate-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libhdate-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libhdate-perl

How To Uninstall libhdate-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libhdate-perl

Uninstall libhdate-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhdate-perl

Remove libhdate-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libhdate-perl

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

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

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

Dependencies

libhdate-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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