How To Install libow-perl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libow-perl on Kali Linux. libow-perl is Dallas 1-wire support

Introduction

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

What is libow-perl

libow-perl is:

The 1-Wire bus is a cheap low-speed bus for devices like weather sensors, access control, etc. It can be attached to your system via serial, USB, I2C, and other interfaces.

Perl bindings for the OWFS 1-wire support library have been produced with SWIG and allow access to libow functions from perl code.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libow-perl

Install libow-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libow-perl

Install libow-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 libow-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libow-perl

How To Uninstall libow-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libow-perl

Uninstall libow-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libow-perl

Remove libow-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libow-perl

Remove libow-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libow-perl

Dependencies

libow-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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