How To Install php-file-iterator on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-file-iterator on Kali Linux.

What is php-file-iterator

php-file-iterator is:

FilterIterator implementation that filters files based on a list of suffixes, prefixes, and other exclusion criteria used by PHPUnit.

PHPUnit is a unit testing suite for the PHP language, modelled on the xUnit testing framework.

There are three methods to install php-file-iterator 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 php-file-iterator Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install php-file-iterator

Install php-file-iterator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-file-iterator using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-file-iterator

Install php-file-iterator 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 php-file-iterator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-file-iterator

How To Uninstall php-file-iterator on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the php-file-iterator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-file-iterator

Uninstall php-file-iterator And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-file-iterator

Remove php-file-iterator Configurations and Data

To remove php-file-iterator configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-file-iterator

Remove php-file-iterator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php-file-iterator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-file-iterator

Dependencies

php-file-iterator have the following dependencies:

• php-common

References

• php-file-iterator website

Summary

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