How To Install libpar-packer-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libpar-packer-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libpar-packer-perl is utility for creating PAR archives and stand-alone executables

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpar-packer-perl on Debian 10.

What is libpar-packer-perl

libpar-packer-perl is:

PAR (Perl Archiving Toolkit) is a Cross-Platform Packaging and Deployment tool, dubbed as a cross between Java’s JAR and Perl2EXE/PerlApp.

This package contains the PAR component PAR::Packer, i.e. the modules and tools necessary for creating PAR archives and stand-alone executables.

There are three methods to install libpar-packer-perl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpar-packer-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 libpar-packer-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpar-packer-perl

Install libpar-packer-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpar-packer-perl

Install libpar-packer-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 libpar-packer-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpar-packer-perl

How To Uninstall libpar-packer-perl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libpar-packer-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpar-packer-perl

Uninstall libpar-packer-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpar-packer-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpar-packer-perl

Remove libpar-packer-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libpar-packer-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpar-packer-perl

Remove libpar-packer-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpar-packer-perl

Dependencies

libpar-packer-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpar-packer-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.