How To Install libprivileges-drop-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libprivileges-drop-perl

libprivileges-drop-perl is:

Privileges::Drop tries to simplify the process of dropping privileges. This can be useful when your Perl program needs to bind to privileged ports, etc. This module is much like Proc::UID, except that it’s implemented in pure Perl. Special care has been taken to also drop saved uid on platforms that support this, currently only tested on Linux.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libprivileges-drop-perl

Install libprivileges-drop-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libprivileges-drop-perl

Install libprivileges-drop-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 libprivileges-drop-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libprivileges-drop-perl

How To Uninstall libprivileges-drop-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libprivileges-drop-perl

Uninstall libprivileges-drop-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprivileges-drop-perl

Remove libprivileges-drop-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libprivileges-drop-perl

Remove libprivileges-drop-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprivileges-drop-perl

Dependencies

libprivileges-drop-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libprivileges-drop-perl website

Summary

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