How To Install phpmd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install phpmd on Kali Linux. phpmd is PHP Mess Detector

Introduction

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

What is phpmd

phpmd is:

PHPMD is a spin-off project of PHP Depend and aims to be a PHP equivalent of the well known Java tool PMD. This project uses PHP Depend to measure several software metrics from given source code, then it compares the calculated values with customizable thresholds and reports all suspect software artifacts.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install phpmd

Install phpmd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install phpmd

Install phpmd 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 phpmd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phpmd

How To Uninstall phpmd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove phpmd

Uninstall phpmd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phpmd

Remove phpmd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge phpmd

Remove phpmd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phpmd

Dependencies

phpmd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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