How To Install libnet-amazon-s3-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet-amazon-s3-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libnet-amazon-s3-perl

libnet-amazon-s3-perl is:

Net::Amazon::S3 provides a Perlish interface to Amazon S3. From the developer blurb: “Amazon S3 is storage for the Internet. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers. Amazon S3 provides a simple web services interface that can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web. It gives any developer access to the same highly scalable, reliable, fast, inexpensive data storage infrastructure that Amazon uses to run its own global network of web sites. The service aims to maximize benefits of scale and to pass those benefits on to developers”.

To find out more about S3, please visit: http://s3.amazonaws.com/

To use this module you will need to sign up to Amazon Web Services and provide an “Access Key ID” and " Secret Access Key". If you use this module, you will incur costs as specified by Amazon. Please check the costs. If you use this module with your Access Key ID and Secret Access Key you must be responsible for these costs.

There are three methods to install libnet-amazon-s3-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 libnet-amazon-s3-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 libnet-amazon-s3-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnet-amazon-s3-perl

Install libnet-amazon-s3-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnet-amazon-s3-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnet-amazon-s3-perl

Install libnet-amazon-s3-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 libnet-amazon-s3-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnet-amazon-s3-perl

How To Uninstall libnet-amazon-s3-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnet-amazon-s3-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnet-amazon-s3-perl

Uninstall libnet-amazon-s3-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnet-amazon-s3-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnet-amazon-s3-perl

Remove libnet-amazon-s3-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libnet-amazon-s3-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnet-amazon-s3-perl

Remove libnet-amazon-s3-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnet-amazon-s3-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnet-amazon-s3-perl

Dependencies

libnet-amazon-s3-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libnet-amazon-s3-perl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet-amazon-s3-perl package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.