How To Install libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl

libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl is:

The InfluxDB time series database (since version 0.9) uses a LineProtocol to write time series data into the database. InfluxDB::LineProtocol makes it possible to generate such a line from a data-structure, handling all the annoying escaping and sorting. It can also be used to parse a line (perhaps produced by other code) so that it can be further modified.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl

Install libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl

Install libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-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 libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl

How To Uninstall libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl

Uninstall libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl

Remove libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl

Remove libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl

Dependencies

libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libinfluxdb-lineprotocol-perl website

Summary

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