How To Install libwant-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libwant-perl

libwant-perl is:

The Want module generalises the mechanism of the wantarray function, allowing a function to determine in some detail how its return value is going to be immediately used.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libwant-perl

Install libwant-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwant-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libwant-perl

How To Uninstall libwant-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libwant-perl

Uninstall libwant-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwant-perl

Remove libwant-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libwant-perl

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

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

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

Dependencies

libwant-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• perlapi-5.32.0
• libc6

References

• libwant-perl website

Summary

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