How To Install liblocale-msgfmt-perl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblocale-msgfmt-perl on Kali Linux. liblocale-msgfmt-perl is pure Perl reimplementation of msgfmt

Introduction

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

What is liblocale-msgfmt-perl

liblocale-msgfmt-perl is:

Locale::Msgfmt is a tool to compile .po files to .mo files. This module does the same thing as msgfmt from GNU gettext-tools, except this is pure Perl.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblocale-msgfmt-perl

Install liblocale-msgfmt-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblocale-msgfmt-perl

Install liblocale-msgfmt-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 liblocale-msgfmt-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblocale-msgfmt-perl

How To Uninstall liblocale-msgfmt-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove liblocale-msgfmt-perl

Uninstall liblocale-msgfmt-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblocale-msgfmt-perl

Remove liblocale-msgfmt-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblocale-msgfmt-perl

Remove liblocale-msgfmt-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblocale-msgfmt-perl

Dependencies

liblocale-msgfmt-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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