How To Install libhijk-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libhijk-perl

libhijk-perl is:

Hijk is a specialized HTTP Client that does nothing but transport the response body back. It does not feature as a “user agent”, but as a dumb client. It is suitable for connecting to data servers transporting via HTTP rather then web servers.

Most of HTTP features like proxy, redirect, Transfer-Encoding, or SSL are not supported at all. For those requirements there already are many good HTTP clients like HTTP::Tiny, Furl or LWP::UserAgent.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libhijk-perl

Install libhijk-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libhijk-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libhijk-perl

How To Uninstall libhijk-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libhijk-perl

Uninstall libhijk-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhijk-perl

Remove libhijk-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libhijk-perl

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

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

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

Dependencies

libhijk-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libhijk-perl website

Summary

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