How To Install librecommended-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is librecommended-perl

librecommended-perl is:

recommended gathers a list of recommended modules and versions and provides means to check if they are available. It is a thin veneer around Module::Runtime.

There are two major benefits over using Module::Runtime directly:

• Self-documents recommended modules together with versions at the top of your code, while still loading them on demand elsewhere.
• Dies if a recommended module exists but fails to compile, but doesn’t die if the module is missing or the version is insufficient. This is not something that Module::Runtime offers in a single subroutine.

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

sudo apt-get -y install librecommended-perl

Install librecommended-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install librecommended-perl

Install librecommended-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 librecommended-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librecommended-perl

How To Uninstall librecommended-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove librecommended-perl

Uninstall librecommended-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librecommended-perl

Remove librecommended-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge librecommended-perl

Remove librecommended-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librecommended-perl

Dependencies

librecommended-perl have the following dependencies:

• libmodule-runtime-perl
• perl

References

• librecommended-perl website

Summary

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