How To Install libproc-background-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libproc-background-perl

libproc-background-perl is:

Proc::Background is a generic interface for placing processes in the background on both Unix and Win32 platforms. This module lets you start, kill, wait on, retrieve exit values, and see if background processes still exist.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libproc-background-perl

Install libproc-background-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libproc-background-perl

Install libproc-background-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 libproc-background-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libproc-background-perl

How To Uninstall libproc-background-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libproc-background-perl

Uninstall libproc-background-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libproc-background-perl

Remove libproc-background-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libproc-background-perl

Remove libproc-background-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libproc-background-perl

Dependencies

libproc-background-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libproc-background-perl website

Summary

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