How To Install libunix-configfile-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libunix-configfile-perl

libunix-configfile-perl is:

The Unix::ConfigFile distribution is a suite of modules that provide simple interfaces to various Unix configuration files. The objective is to free the system administrator from dealing with the trivial formatting details of the files, and allow him or her to concentrate on the information therein. Currently supported files include:

    aliases    Unix::AliasFile
    automount  Unix::AutomountFile
    group      Unix::GroupFile
    passwd     Unix::PasswdFile

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

sudo apt-get -y install libunix-configfile-perl

Install libunix-configfile-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libunix-configfile-perl

Install libunix-configfile-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 libunix-configfile-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libunix-configfile-perl

How To Uninstall libunix-configfile-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libunix-configfile-perl

Uninstall libunix-configfile-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunix-configfile-perl

Remove libunix-configfile-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libunix-configfile-perl

Remove libunix-configfile-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunix-configfile-perl

Dependencies

libunix-configfile-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libunix-configfile-perl website

Summary

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