How To Install libwww-oauth-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libwww-oauth-perl

libwww-oauth-perl is:

WWW::OAuth implements OAuth 1.0 request authentication according to RFC 5849 (sometimes referred to as OAuth 1.0A). It does not implement the user agent requests needed for the complete OAuth 1.0 authorization flow; it only prepares and signs requests, leaving the rest up to your application. It can authenticate requests for LWP::UserAgent, Mojo::UserAgent, HTTP::Tiny, and can be extended to operate on other types of requests.

Some user agents, e.g. LWP::UserAgent, can be configured to automatically authenticate each request with a WWW::OAuth object.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libwww-oauth-perl

Install libwww-oauth-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwww-oauth-perl

Install libwww-oauth-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 libwww-oauth-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwww-oauth-perl

How To Uninstall libwww-oauth-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libwww-oauth-perl

Uninstall libwww-oauth-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwww-oauth-perl

Remove libwww-oauth-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libwww-oauth-perl

Remove libwww-oauth-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwww-oauth-perl

Dependencies

libwww-oauth-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libwww-oauth-perl website

Summary

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