How To Install psl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is psl

psl is:

Libpsl allows checking domains against the Public Suffix List. It can be used to avoid privacy-leaking ‘super-cookies’, ‘super domain’ certificates, for domain highlighting purposes sorting domain lists by site and more.

Please see https://publicsuffix.org for more detailed information.

This package contains a commandline tool to explore the Public Suffix List.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install psl

Install psl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install psl

Install psl 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 psl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install psl

How To Uninstall psl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove psl

Uninstall psl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove psl

Remove psl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge psl

Remove psl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge psl

Dependencies

psl have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpsl5

References

• psl website

Summary

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