How To Install perlbal on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perlbal on Kali Linux.

What is perlbal

perlbal is:

Perlbal is a single-threaded event-based server supporting HTTP load balancing, web serving, and a mix of the two. Perlbal can act as either a web server or a reverse proxy.

One of the defining things about Perlbal is that almost everything can be configured or reconfigured on the fly without needing to restart the software. A basic configuration file containing a management port enables you to easily perform operations on a running instance of Perlbal.

Perlbal can also be extended by means of per-service (and global) plugins that can override many parts of request handling and behavior.

There are three methods to install perlbal 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 perlbal Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install perlbal

Install perlbal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install perlbal using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install perlbal

Install perlbal 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 perlbal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install perlbal

How To Uninstall perlbal on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the perlbal package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove perlbal

Uninstall perlbal And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove perlbal

Remove perlbal Configurations and Data

To remove perlbal configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge perlbal

Remove perlbal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge perlbal

Dependencies

perlbal have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• perlbal website

Summary

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