How To Install libnews-article-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnews-article-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libnews-article-perl

libnews-article-perl is:

Provides News::Article, News::FormArticle, News::AutoReply, and News::FormReply, which are Perl modules for manipulating Usenet articles and mail messages. Supported capabilities include modifying headers, signing articles with either the PGPMoose or pgpverify algorithms, posting and mailing articles, and instantiating them from templates. It was primarily written for use by gateways and moderation programs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libnews-article-perl

Install libnews-article-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnews-article-perl

Install libnews-article-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 libnews-article-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnews-article-perl

How To Uninstall libnews-article-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnews-article-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnews-article-perl

Uninstall libnews-article-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnews-article-perl

Remove libnews-article-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libnews-article-perl

Remove libnews-article-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnews-article-perl

Dependencies

libnews-article-perl have the following dependencies:

• libpgp-sign-perl
• perl

References

• libnews-article-perl website

Summary

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