How To Install perlindex on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perlindex
on Kali Linux.
What is perlindex
perlindex is:
Perlindex is a program to index and search the perl documentation.
An index database must be built that will store keywords for all perl and installed modules man pages.
Then perlindex can be run and will present the user the most likely choice for documentation.
There are three methods to install perlindex
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 perlindex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install perlindex
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install perlindex
Install perlindex Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install perlindex
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install perlindex
Install perlindex 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 perlindex
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install perlindex
How To Uninstall perlindex on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the perlindex
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove perlindex
Uninstall perlindex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall perlindex
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove perlindex
Remove perlindex Configurations and Data
To remove perlindex
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge perlindex
Remove perlindex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove perlindex
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge perlindex
Dependencies
perlindex have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perlindex
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.