How To Install libconvert-basen-perl on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libconvert-basen-perl on Debian 9. libconvert-basen-perl is perl module for encoding and decoding of base{2,4,8,16,32,64} strings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libconvert-basen-perl on Debian 9.

What is libconvert-basen-perl

libconvert-basen-perl is:

Convert::BaseN makes it easy to deal with various data encoding formats, such as base2, base4, …, base64. In addition, it allows the format of the encoding to be configured, for example by supplying custom character maps.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libconvert-basen-perl

Install libconvert-basen-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libconvert-basen-perl

Install libconvert-basen-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 libconvert-basen-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libconvert-basen-perl

How To Uninstall libconvert-basen-perl on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libconvert-basen-perl

Uninstall libconvert-basen-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libconvert-basen-perl

Remove libconvert-basen-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libconvert-basen-perl

Remove libconvert-basen-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libconvert-basen-perl

Dependencies

libconvert-basen-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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