How To Install pnopaste-cli on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pnopaste-cli on Kali Linux. pnopaste-cli is Pastebin with syntax highlighting (cli tool)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pnopaste-cli on Kali Linux.

What is pnopaste-cli

pnopaste-cli is:

Perl Nopaste is a Pastebin written in Perl using MySQL as backend. It features syntax highlighting for more than 120 languages, badword and IP address blacklists with hit counter, expiration date on postings, raw download of posted files, automatic multilanguage support and more.

This package contains the cli tool to add pastes using the command-line interface on remote servers.

There are three methods to install pnopaste-cli 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 pnopaste-cli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pnopaste-cli

Install pnopaste-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pnopaste-cli

Install pnopaste-cli 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 pnopaste-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pnopaste-cli

How To Uninstall pnopaste-cli on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pnopaste-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pnopaste-cli

Uninstall pnopaste-cli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pnopaste-cli

Remove pnopaste-cli Configurations and Data

To remove pnopaste-cli configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pnopaste-cli

Remove pnopaste-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pnopaste-cli

Dependencies

pnopaste-cli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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