How To Install liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl on Kali Linux.

What is liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl

liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl is:

LWP::Protocol::PSGI is a module to hijack any code that uses LWP::UserAgent underneath such that any HTTP or HTTPS requests can be routed to your own PSGI application.

Because it works with any code that uses LWP, you can override various WWW::, Net:: or WebService::* modules such as WWW::Mechanize, without modifying the calling code or its internals.

PSGI is a specification to decouple web server environments from web application framework code.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl

Install liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl

Install liblwp-protocol-psgi-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 liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl

How To Uninstall liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl

Uninstall liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl

Remove liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl

Remove liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl

Dependencies

liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl have the following dependencies:

• libplack-perl
• libwww-perl
• perl

References

• liblwp-protocol-psgi-perl website

Summary

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