How To Install libnetaddr-ip-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetaddr-ip-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libnetaddr-ip-perl

libnetaddr-ip-perl is:

NetAddr::IP provides an object-oriented abstraction on top of IP addresses or IP subnets, that allows for easy manipulations.

The internal representation of all IP objects is in 128 bit IPv6 notation. IPv4 and IPv6 objects may be freely mixed.

The following operations are supported: Basic IP conversion, netmask manipulation, subnet interpretation, bitwise mask generation, full mask generation, subnet manipulation, expansion, and range operations, sub/supernet tests, data type determination, and more complex operations such as expansion of netblocks into arrays of smaller blocks of arbitrary size, and CIDR block aggregation

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

sudo apt-get -y install libnetaddr-ip-perl

Install libnetaddr-ip-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnetaddr-ip-perl

Install libnetaddr-ip-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 libnetaddr-ip-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnetaddr-ip-perl

How To Uninstall libnetaddr-ip-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnetaddr-ip-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnetaddr-ip-perl

Uninstall libnetaddr-ip-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnetaddr-ip-perl

Remove libnetaddr-ip-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libnetaddr-ip-perl

Remove libnetaddr-ip-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnetaddr-ip-perl

Dependencies

libnetaddr-ip-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• perlapi-5.32.0
• libc6

References

• libnetaddr-ip-perl website

Summary

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