How To Install pear-channels on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pear-channels on Kali Linux. pear-channels is PEAR channels for various projects

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pear-channels on Kali Linux.

What is pear-channels

pear-channels is:

This package provides the PEAR channel registry entries for various projects:

  • Andrewsville
  • AWS
  • Guzzle
  • Horde
  • HTML Purifier
  • Michel Fortin
  • nikic
  • phpDocumentor
  • Phing
  • Symfony (versions 1 and 2)
  • Twig

PEAR is a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components. A PEAR channel is a website that provides package for download and a few extra meta-information for files.

There are three methods to install pear-channels 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 pear-channels Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pear-channels using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pear-channels

Install pear-channels Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pear-channels

Install pear-channels 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 pear-channels using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pear-channels

How To Uninstall pear-channels on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pear-channels package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pear-channels

Uninstall pear-channels And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pear-channels

Remove pear-channels Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pear-channels

Remove pear-channels configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pear-channels

Dependencies

pear-channels have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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