How To Install libmysql-diff-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmysql-diff-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libmysql-diff-perl

libmysql-diff-perl is:

MySQL::Diff is suite of Perl modules and accompanying CLI script for comparing the schema (table structures) of two MySQL databases.

The package also contains the mysql-schema-diff script.

For further mysql helper scripts mysql-utilities might be interesting.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmysql-diff-perl

Install libmysql-diff-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmysql-diff-perl

Install libmysql-diff-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 libmysql-diff-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmysql-diff-perl

How To Uninstall libmysql-diff-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmysql-diff-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmysql-diff-perl

Uninstall libmysql-diff-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmysql-diff-perl

Remove libmysql-diff-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmysql-diff-perl

Remove libmysql-diff-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmysql-diff-perl

Dependencies

libmysql-diff-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libfile-slurp-perl
• libstring-shellquote-perl

References

• libmysql-diff-perl website

Summary

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