How To Install libmeta-builder-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmeta-builder-perl
on Debian 9.
What is libmeta-builder-perl
libmeta-builder-perl is:
Meta programming is becoming more and more popular. The popularity of Meta programming comes from the fact that many problems are made significantly easier. There are a few specialized Meta tools out there, for instance Class:MOP which is used by Moose to track class metadata.
Meta::Builder is designed to be a generic tool for writing Meta objects. Unlike specialized tools, Meta::Builder makes no assumptions about what metrics you will care about. Meta::Builder also mkaes it simple for others to extend your meta-object based tools by providing hooks for other packages to add metrics to your meta object.
If a specialized Meta object tool is available to meet your needs please use it. However if you need a simple Meta object to track a couple metrics, use Meta::Builder.
There are three methods to install libmeta-builder-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 libmeta-builder-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 libmeta-builder-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmeta-builder-perl
Install libmeta-builder-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmeta-builder-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmeta-builder-perl
Install libmeta-builder-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 libmeta-builder-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmeta-builder-perl
How To Uninstall libmeta-builder-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmeta-builder-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmeta-builder-perl
Uninstall libmeta-builder-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmeta-builder-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmeta-builder-perl
Remove libmeta-builder-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libmeta-builder-perl
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmeta-builder-perl
Remove libmeta-builder-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmeta-builder-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmeta-builder-perl
Dependencies
libmeta-builder-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmeta-builder-perl
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.