How To Install libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl

libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl is:

MaxMind::DB::Reader::XS is an implementation of the MaxMind::DB::Reader API using XS to link against the libmaxminddb library. This is much faster than the Pure Perl implementation: the speedup is typically by a factor of 50-100. Simply installing this package is enough to have MaxMind::DB::Reader automatically load it.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl

Install libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl

Install libmaxmind-db-reader-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 libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl

How To Uninstall libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl

Uninstall libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl

Remove libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl

Remove libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl

Dependencies

libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• perlapi-5.32.0
• libc6
• libmaxminddb0
• libmath-int128-perl
• libmath-int64-perl
• libmaxmind-db-common-perl
• libmaxmind-db-reader-perl
• libmoo-perl
• libnamespace-autoclean-perl

References

• libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl website

Summary

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