How To Install libapparmor-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapparmor-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libapparmor-perl is AppArmor library Perl bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapparmor-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libapparmor-perl

libapparmor-perl is:

libapparmor-perl provides the Perl module that contains the language bindings for the AppArmor library, libapparmor, which were autogenerated via SWIG.

There are three methods to install libapparmor-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libapparmor-perl

Install libapparmor-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libapparmor-perl

Install libapparmor-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 libapparmor-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libapparmor-perl

How To Uninstall libapparmor-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libapparmor-perl

Uninstall libapparmor-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libapparmor-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapparmor-perl

Remove libapparmor-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libapparmor-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libapparmor-perl

Remove libapparmor-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapparmor-perl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapparmor-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.