How To Install libups-nut-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libups-nut-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libups-nut-perl

libups-nut-perl is:

Network UPS Tools (NUT) is a client/server monitoring system that allows computers to share uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and power distribution unit (PDU) hardware. Clients access the hardware through the server, and are notified whenever the power status changes.

This package provides Perl bindings to connect to NUT server.

There are three methods to install libups-nut-perl 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 libups-nut-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libups-nut-perl

Install libups-nut-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libups-nut-perl

Install libups-nut-perl 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 libups-nut-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libups-nut-perl

How To Uninstall libups-nut-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libups-nut-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libups-nut-perl

Uninstall libups-nut-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libups-nut-perl

Remove libups-nut-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libups-nut-perl

Remove libups-nut-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libups-nut-perl

Dependencies

libups-nut-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libups-nut-perl website

Summary

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