How To Install liburl-search-perl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liburl-search-perl on Kali Linux. liburl-search-perl is module to search for URLs in plain text

Introduction

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

What is liburl-search-perl

liburl-search-perl is:

URL::Search searches plain text for URLs and extracts them. It exports (on request) the following entities:

$URL_SEARCH_RE: This variable is the core of this module. It contains a regex that matches a URL.

extract_urls: This function takes a string and returns a list of all contained URLs.

partition_urls: This function takes a string and splits it up into text and URL segments.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liburl-search-perl

Install liburl-search-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liburl-search-perl

Install liburl-search-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 liburl-search-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liburl-search-perl

How To Uninstall liburl-search-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove liburl-search-perl

Uninstall liburl-search-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liburl-search-perl

Remove liburl-search-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liburl-search-perl

Remove liburl-search-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liburl-search-perl

Dependencies

liburl-search-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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