How To Install libhighlight-perl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhighlight-perl on Kali Linux. libhighlight-perl is perl bindings for highlight source code to formatted text converter

Introduction

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

What is libhighlight-perl

libhighlight-perl is:

A utility that converts sourcecode to HTML, XHTML, RTF, LaTeX, TeX, SVG, XML or terminal escape sequences with syntax highlighting. It supports several programming and markup languages. Language descriptions are configurable and support regular expressions. The utility offers indentation and reformatting capabilities. It is easily possible to create new language definitions and colour themes. This package contains the perl bindings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libhighlight-perl

Install libhighlight-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libhighlight-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libhighlight-perl

How To Uninstall libhighlight-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libhighlight-perl

Uninstall libhighlight-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhighlight-perl

Remove libhighlight-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libhighlight-perl

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

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

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

Dependencies

libhighlight-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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