How To Install libidna-punycode-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libidna-punycode-perl

libidna-punycode-perl is:

IDNA::Punycode is a module to encode / decode Unicode strings into Punycode, an efficient encoding of Unicode for use with IDNA.

Note that IDNA::Punycode is deprecated; URI (packaged as liburi-perl) provides a URI::_punycode method as a replacement.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libidna-punycode-perl

Install libidna-punycode-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libidna-punycode-perl

Install libidna-punycode-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 libidna-punycode-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libidna-punycode-perl

How To Uninstall libidna-punycode-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libidna-punycode-perl

Uninstall libidna-punycode-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libidna-punycode-perl

Remove libidna-punycode-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libidna-punycode-perl

Remove libidna-punycode-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libidna-punycode-perl

Dependencies

libidna-punycode-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libnet-idn-encode-perl
• libnet-idn-nameprep-perl

References

• libidna-punycode-perl website

Summary

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