How To Install libppi-xs-perl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libppi-xs-perl on Kali Linux. libppi-xs-perl is Perl module to accelerate the Perl Parsing Interface (PPI)

Introduction

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

What is libppi-xs-perl

libppi-xs-perl is:

PPI::XS provides XS-based acceleration of the core PPI packages. It selectively replaces a (small but growing) number of methods throughout PPI with identical but much faster C versions.

Once installed, it will be auto-detected and loaded in by PPI completely transparently. The integration between the primary (Perl) implementation and the XS-accelerated version are designed to degrade gracefully if they fall out of sync – the Perl version is preferred over the XS version.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libppi-xs-perl

Install libppi-xs-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libppi-xs-perl

Install libppi-xs-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 libppi-xs-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libppi-xs-perl

How To Uninstall libppi-xs-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libppi-xs-perl

Uninstall libppi-xs-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libppi-xs-perl

Remove libppi-xs-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libppi-xs-perl

Remove libppi-xs-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libppi-xs-perl

Dependencies

libppi-xs-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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