How To Install pkg-perl-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-perl-tools on Kali Linux.

What is pkg-perl-tools

pkg-perl-tools is:

The Debian Perl Group works on packaging Perl modules for Debian. This collection contains the tools which help the group with day-to-day work, like filing ITPs, forwarding bugs and patches upstream, taking over a package for the group, maintaining proper git repository structure and so on. These include dpt, bts-retitle, patchedit, and pristine-orig.

Additionally it depends on, recommends or suggests separately packaged tools the Debian Perl Group uses.

It also includes some Debian Perl Group specific lintian checks. Add “profile=pkg-perl” (“LINTIAN_PROFILE=pkg-perl” for lintian versions before 2.79.0) to your ~/.lintianrc to use them after installing this package.

There are three methods to install pkg-perl-tools 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 pkg-perl-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pkg-perl-tools

Install pkg-perl-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pkg-perl-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pkg-perl-tools

Install pkg-perl-tools 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 pkg-perl-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pkg-perl-tools

How To Uninstall pkg-perl-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pkg-perl-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pkg-perl-tools

Uninstall pkg-perl-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pkg-perl-tools

Remove pkg-perl-tools Configurations and Data

To remove pkg-perl-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pkg-perl-tools

Remove pkg-perl-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pkg-perl-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pkg-perl-tools

Dependencies

pkg-perl-tools have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• pkg-perl-tools website

Summary

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