How To Install libperl-minimumversion-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libperl-minimumversion-perl

libperl-minimumversion-perl is:

Perl::MinimumVersion is a module that inspects arbitrary Perl source code and determines the minimum version of perl required to be able to run it. Because it is based on PPI, it can do this without having to actually load the code.

Currently it tests both the syntax of your code, and the use of explicit version dependencies such as “require 5.005”.

Future plans are to also add support for tracing module dependencies.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libperl-minimumversion-perl

Install libperl-minimumversion-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libperl-minimumversion-perl

Install libperl-minimumversion-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 libperl-minimumversion-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libperl-minimumversion-perl

How To Uninstall libperl-minimumversion-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libperl-minimumversion-perl

Uninstall libperl-minimumversion-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libperl-minimumversion-perl

Remove libperl-minimumversion-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libperl-minimumversion-perl

Remove libperl-minimumversion-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libperl-minimumversion-perl

Dependencies

libperl-minimumversion-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libfile-find-rule-perl
• libfile-find-rule-perl-perl
• libparams-util-perl
• libperl-critic-perl
• libppi-perl
• libppix-regexp-perl

References

• libperl-minimumversion-perl website

Summary

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