How To Install libsearch-elasticsearch-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libsearch-elasticsearch-perl

libsearch-elasticsearch-perl is:

Search::Elasticsearch is the official Perl client for Elasticsearch, supported by elasticsearch.com http://www.elasticsearch.com.

Elasticsearch itself is a flexible and powerful open source, distributed real-time search and analytics engine for the cloud. You can read more about it on elastic.co http://www.elastic.co.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsearch-elasticsearch-perl

Install libsearch-elasticsearch-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsearch-elasticsearch-perl

Install libsearch-elasticsearch-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 libsearch-elasticsearch-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsearch-elasticsearch-perl

How To Uninstall libsearch-elasticsearch-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libsearch-elasticsearch-perl

Uninstall libsearch-elasticsearch-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsearch-elasticsearch-perl

Remove libsearch-elasticsearch-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsearch-elasticsearch-perl

Remove libsearch-elasticsearch-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsearch-elasticsearch-perl

Dependencies

libsearch-elasticsearch-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libsearch-elasticsearch-perl website

Summary

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