How To Install libmodule-manifest-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodule-manifest-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libmodule-manifest-perl

libmodule-manifest-perl is:

Module::Manifest is a simple utility module created originally for use in Module::Inspector.

It allows you to load the MANIFEST file that comes in a Perl distribution tarball, examine the contents, and perform some simple tasks.

Granted, the functionality needed to do this is quite simple, but the Perl distribution MANIFEST specification contains a couple of little idiosyncracies, such as line comments and space-seperated inline comments.

The use of this module means that any little nigglies are dealt with behind the scenes, and you can concentrate the main task at hand.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmodule-manifest-perl

Install libmodule-manifest-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmodule-manifest-perl

Install libmodule-manifest-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 libmodule-manifest-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmodule-manifest-perl

How To Uninstall libmodule-manifest-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmodule-manifest-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmodule-manifest-perl

Uninstall libmodule-manifest-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmodule-manifest-perl

Remove libmodule-manifest-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmodule-manifest-perl

Remove libmodule-manifest-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmodule-manifest-perl

Dependencies

libmodule-manifest-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libparams-util-perl

References

• libmodule-manifest-perl website

Summary

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