How To Install libzmq-ffi-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libzmq-ffi-perl

libzmq-ffi-perl is:

ZMQ::FFI exposes a high level, transparent, OO interface to zeromq independent of the underlying libzmq version. Where semantics differ, it will dispatch to the appropriate backend for you. As it uses ffi, there is no dependency on XS or compilation. As of 1.00 ZMQ::FFI is implemented using FFI::Platypus.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libzmq-ffi-perl

Install libzmq-ffi-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libzmq-ffi-perl

Install libzmq-ffi-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 libzmq-ffi-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libzmq-ffi-perl

How To Uninstall libzmq-ffi-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libzmq-ffi-perl

Uninstall libzmq-ffi-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzmq-ffi-perl

Remove libzmq-ffi-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libzmq-ffi-perl

Remove libzmq-ffi-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzmq-ffi-perl

Dependencies

libzmq-ffi-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libclass-xsaccessor-perl
• libffi-platypus-perl
• libimport-into-perl
• libmoo-perl
• libnamespace-clean-perl
• libsub-exporter-perl
• libtry-tiny-perl
• libzmq3-dev

References

• libzmq-ffi-perl website

Summary

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