How To Install plsense on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is plsense

plsense is:

PlSense is a development tool for Perl. PlSense provides Completion/Help about Module/Function/Variable optimized for context.

For more information, see https://github.com/aki2o/plsense/blob/master/README.md

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install plsense

Install plsense Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install plsense

Install plsense 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 plsense using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plsense

How To Uninstall plsense on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove plsense

Uninstall plsense And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plsense

Remove plsense Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge plsense

Remove plsense configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plsense

Dependencies

plsense have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• plsense website

Summary

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