How To Install libfuture-io-perl on Debian 12

Learn how to install libfuture-io-perl on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libfuture-io-perl is collection of Future-returning IO methods

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfuture-io-perl on Debian 12.

What is libfuture-io-perl

libfuture-io-perl is:

The Future::IO distribution provides a few basic methods that behave similarly to the same-named core perl functions relating to IO operations, but yield their results asynchronously via Future instances.

This is provided primarily as a decoupling mechanism, to allow modules to be written that perform IO in an asynchronous manner to depend directly on this, while allowing asynchronous event systems to provide an implementation of these operations.

There are three methods to install libfuture-io-perl on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfuture-io-perl

Install libfuture-io-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfuture-io-perl

Install libfuture-io-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 libfuture-io-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfuture-io-perl

How To Uninstall libfuture-io-perl on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libfuture-io-perl

Uninstall libfuture-io-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfuture-io-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfuture-io-perl

Remove libfuture-io-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libfuture-io-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfuture-io-perl

Remove libfuture-io-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfuture-io-perl

Dependencies

libfuture-io-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfuture-io-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.