How To Install libtoml-perl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtoml-perl on Kali Linux. libtoml-perl is Perl module for reading and writing TOML files

Introduction

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

What is libtoml-perl

libtoml-perl is:

TOML implements a parser for Tom’s Obvious, Minimal Language, as defined at https://github.com/mojombo/toml.

TOML aims to be a minimal configuration file format that is easy to read due to obvious semantics. It is designed to map unambiguously to a hash table and it is easy to parse into data structures in a wide variety of languages.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtoml-perl

Install libtoml-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtoml-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libtoml-perl

How To Uninstall libtoml-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libtoml-perl

Uninstall libtoml-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtoml-perl

Remove libtoml-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libtoml-perl

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

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

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

Dependencies

libtoml-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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