How To Install libarray-printcols-perl on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libarray-printcols-perl on Debian 9. libarray-printcols-perl is Perl module to print array elements vertically

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libarray-printcols-perl on Debian 9.

What is libarray-printcols-perl

libarray-printcols-perl is:

Array::PrintCols, version 2.1, is a Perl 5 module which defines a subroutine to print arrays of elements in alphabetically, vertically sorted columns. Optional arguments can be given to control either the width or number of the columns, the total width of the output, and the amount of indentation.

There are three methods to install libarray-printcols-perl on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libarray-printcols-perl

Install libarray-printcols-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libarray-printcols-perl

Install libarray-printcols-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libarray-printcols-perl

How To Uninstall libarray-printcols-perl on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libarray-printcols-perl

Uninstall libarray-printcols-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libarray-printcols-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libarray-printcols-perl

Remove libarray-printcols-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libarray-printcols-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libarray-printcols-perl

Remove libarray-printcols-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libarray-printcols-perl

Dependencies

libarray-printcols-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libarray-printcols-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.