How To Install libbiblio-thesaurus-perl on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbiblio-thesaurus-perl on Debian 9. libbiblio-thesaurus-perl is Perl extension for managing ISO thesaurus

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbiblio-thesaurus-perl on Debian 9.

What is libbiblio-thesaurus-perl

libbiblio-thesaurus-perl is:

A Thesaurus is a classification structure. It can be seen as a graph where nodes are terms and the vertices are relations between terms.

Biblio::Thesaurus provides transparent methods to maintain Thesaurus files. The module uses a subset from ISO 2788 which defines some standard features to be found on thesaurus files. This ISO includes a set of relations that can be seen as standard but, this program can use user defined ones. So, it can be used on ISO or not ISO thesaurus files.

There are three methods to install libbiblio-thesaurus-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 libbiblio-thesaurus-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 libbiblio-thesaurus-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbiblio-thesaurus-perl

Install libbiblio-thesaurus-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbiblio-thesaurus-perl

Install libbiblio-thesaurus-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 libbiblio-thesaurus-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbiblio-thesaurus-perl

How To Uninstall libbiblio-thesaurus-perl on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libbiblio-thesaurus-perl

Uninstall libbiblio-thesaurus-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbiblio-thesaurus-perl

Remove libbiblio-thesaurus-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libbiblio-thesaurus-perl

Remove libbiblio-thesaurus-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbiblio-thesaurus-perl

Dependencies

libbiblio-thesaurus-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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