How To Install libmozilla-ldap-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmozilla-ldap-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libmozilla-ldap-perl

libmozilla-ldap-perl is:

This package consists of set of modules to communicate with LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) directory servers. It is made up of two parts: an interface to the OpenLDAP C SDK API, and a set of Object Oriented Perl classes.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmozilla-ldap-perl

Install libmozilla-ldap-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmozilla-ldap-perl

Install libmozilla-ldap-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 libmozilla-ldap-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmozilla-ldap-perl

How To Uninstall libmozilla-ldap-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmozilla-ldap-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmozilla-ldap-perl

Uninstall libmozilla-ldap-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmozilla-ldap-perl

Remove libmozilla-ldap-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmozilla-ldap-perl

Remove libmozilla-ldap-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmozilla-ldap-perl

Dependencies

libmozilla-ldap-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• perlapi-5.32.0
• libc6
• libldap-2.4-2

References

• libmozilla-ldap-perl website

Summary

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