How To Install libtokyocabinet-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libtokyocabinet-perl

libtokyocabinet-perl is:

Tokyo Cabinet is a library of routines for managing a database. The database is a simple data file containing records, each is a pair of a key and a value. Every key and value is serial bytes with variable length. Both binary data and character string can be used as a key and a value. There is neither concept of data tables nor data types. Records are organized in hash table, B+ tree, or fixed-length array.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtokyocabinet-perl

Install libtokyocabinet-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtokyocabinet-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libtokyocabinet-perl

How To Uninstall libtokyocabinet-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libtokyocabinet-perl

Uninstall libtokyocabinet-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtokyocabinet-perl

Remove libtokyocabinet-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libtokyocabinet-perl

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

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

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

Dependencies

libtokyocabinet-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• perlapi-5.32.0
• libc6
• libtokyocabinet9

References

• libtokyocabinet-perl website

Summary

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