How To Install libtimedate-perl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtimedate-perl on Kali Linux. libtimedate-perl is collection of modules to manipulate date/time information

Introduction

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

What is libtimedate-perl

libtimedate-perl is:

TimeDate is a collection of Perl modules useful for manipulating date and time information. Date::Parse can parse absolute date specifications in a wide variety of input formats and many languages (via Date::Language).

This package also includes Date::Format, which can format dates into strings, as well as Time::Zone, which contains miscellaneous time zone functions.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtimedate-perl

Install libtimedate-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtimedate-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libtimedate-perl

How To Uninstall libtimedate-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libtimedate-perl

Uninstall libtimedate-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtimedate-perl

Remove libtimedate-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libtimedate-perl

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

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

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

Dependencies

libtimedate-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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