How To Install libossp-uuid-perl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libossp-uuid-perl on Kali Linux. libossp-uuid-perl is perl OSSP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libossp-uuid-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libossp-uuid-perl

libossp-uuid-perl is:

OSSP uuid is an ISO-C and Perl application programming interface (API) and corresponding command line interface (CLI) for the generation of DCE 1.1 and ISO/IEC 11578:1996 compliant Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). It supports DCE 1.1 variant UUIDs of version 1 (time and node based), version 3 (name based) and version 4 (random number based).

UUIDs are 128 bit numbers which are intended to have a high likelihood of uniqueness over space and time and are computationally difficult to guess. They are globally unique identifiers which can be locally generated without contacting a global registration authority. UUIDs are intended as unique identifiers for both mass tagging objects with an extremely short lifetime and to reliably identifying very persistent objects across a network.

OSSP::uuid provides two Perl APIs:

The OO-style API is a wrapper around the C-style API and intended for high-level and regular programming.

The C-style API is a direct mapping of the OSSP uuid ISO-C API to Perl and is intended for low-level programming.

The Debian package provides also Data::UUID interface so OSSP::uuid can be used as free replacement for non-DFSG Perl module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libossp-uuid-perl

Install libossp-uuid-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libossp-uuid-perl

Install libossp-uuid-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 libossp-uuid-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libossp-uuid-perl

How To Uninstall libossp-uuid-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libossp-uuid-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libossp-uuid-perl

Uninstall libossp-uuid-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libossp-uuid-perl

Remove libossp-uuid-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libossp-uuid-perl

Remove libossp-uuid-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libossp-uuid-perl

Dependencies

libossp-uuid-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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