How To Install libponapi-client-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libponapi-client-perl

libponapi-client-perl is:

PONAPI::Client is a JSON:API compliant client; it should be able to communicate with any API-compliant service.

The client does a handful of checks required by the spec, then uses Hijk to communicate with the service.

In most cases, all API methods return a response document:

my $response = $client->retrieve(…);

In list context however, all API methods will return the request status and the document:

my ($status, $response) = $client->retrieve(…)

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

sudo apt-get -y install libponapi-client-perl

Install libponapi-client-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libponapi-client-perl

Install libponapi-client-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 libponapi-client-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libponapi-client-perl

How To Uninstall libponapi-client-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libponapi-client-perl

Uninstall libponapi-client-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libponapi-client-perl

Remove libponapi-client-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libponapi-client-perl

Remove libponapi-client-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libponapi-client-perl

Dependencies

libponapi-client-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libhijk-perl
• libjson-maybexs-perl
• libmoose-perl
• liburi-perl
• libyahc-perl

References

• libponapi-client-perl website

Summary

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