How To Install libreply-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libreply-perl

libreply-perl is:

Reply (“read, eval, print, loop, yay!”) is a lightweight, extensible REPL for Perl. It is plugin-based (see Reply::Plugin), and through plugins supports many advanced features such as coloring and pretty printing, readline support, and pluggable commands.

NOTE: This is an early release, and implementation details of this module are still very much in flux. Feedback is welcome!

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

sudo apt-get -y install libreply-perl

Install libreply-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreply-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libreply-perl

How To Uninstall libreply-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libreply-perl

Uninstall libreply-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreply-perl

Remove libreply-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libreply-perl

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

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

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

Dependencies

libreply-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libreply-perl website

Summary

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