How To Install libheap-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libheap-perl

libheap-perl is:

The Heap collection of modules provide routines that manage a heap of elements. A heap is a partially sorted structure that is always able to easily extract the smallest of the elements in the structure (or the largest if a reversed compare routine is provided).

If the collection of elements is changing dynamically, the heap has less overhead than keeping the collection fully sorted.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libheap-perl

Install libheap-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libheap-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libheap-perl

How To Uninstall libheap-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libheap-perl

Uninstall libheap-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libheap-perl

Remove libheap-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libheap-perl

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

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

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

Dependencies

libheap-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libheap-perl website

Summary

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