How To Install libscalar-does-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libscalar-does-perl

libscalar-does-perl is:

Scalar::Does provides a “does()” built-in.

A check that “ref($thing) eq ‘ARRAY’” doesn’t allow you to accept an object that uses overloading to provide an array-like interface.

This package also includes IO::Detect, for detecting if a scalar is a filehandle (or something filehandle-like).

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

sudo apt-get -y install libscalar-does-perl

Install libscalar-does-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libscalar-does-perl

Install libscalar-does-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 libscalar-does-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libscalar-does-perl

How To Uninstall libscalar-does-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libscalar-does-perl

Uninstall libscalar-does-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscalar-does-perl

Remove libscalar-does-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libscalar-does-perl

Remove libscalar-does-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libscalar-does-perl

Dependencies

libscalar-does-perl have the following dependencies:

• libtype-tiny-perl
• liburi-perl
• liblexical-underscore-perl
• libexporter-tiny-perl
• perl

References

• libscalar-does-perl website

Summary

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