How To Install libjson-xs-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libjson-xs-perl

libjson-xs-perl is:

JSON::XS is a module for manipulating data stored in the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) serialization format (defined in RFC 4627), which serves as an alternative to XML.

This C/XS-accelerated JSON implementation confers significant performance gains if available. After installing this package, any code using the JSON module (see libjson-perl) will automagically benefit from this.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjson-xs-perl

Install libjson-xs-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjson-xs-perl

Install libjson-xs-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 libjson-xs-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjson-xs-perl

How To Uninstall libjson-xs-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libjson-xs-perl

Uninstall libjson-xs-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjson-xs-perl

Remove libjson-xs-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjson-xs-perl

Remove libjson-xs-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjson-xs-perl

Dependencies

libjson-xs-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• perlapi-5.32.0
• libc6
• libcommon-sense-perl
• libtypes-serialiser-perl

References

• libjson-xs-perl website

Summary

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