How To Install libapi-gitforge-perl on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapi-gitforge-perl on Ubuntu 22.04. libapi-gitforge-perl is generic interface to APIs of sites like GitHub, GitLab etc.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapi-gitforge-perl on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libapi-gitforge-perl

libapi-gitforge-perl is:

A git forge is a site like GitHub, GitLab etc. API::GitForge provides access to some operations which one might wish to perform against any git forge, wrapping the details of the APIs of particular forges. An example of such an operation is forking a repository into the user’s own namespace.

See the manpage for API::GitForge::Role::GitForge for details of all the currently supported operations.

There are three methods to install libapi-gitforge-perl on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libapi-gitforge-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 libapi-gitforge-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libapi-gitforge-perl

Install libapi-gitforge-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libapi-gitforge-perl

Install libapi-gitforge-perl Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libapi-gitforge-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libapi-gitforge-perl

How To Uninstall libapi-gitforge-perl on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libapi-gitforge-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libapi-gitforge-perl

Uninstall libapi-gitforge-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libapi-gitforge-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapi-gitforge-perl

Remove libapi-gitforge-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libapi-gitforge-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libapi-gitforge-perl

Remove libapi-gitforge-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapi-gitforge-perl

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapi-gitforge-perl package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.