How To Install libperl5i-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libperl5i-perl
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libperl5i-perl
libperl5i-perl is:
perl5i is a Perl pragma that swiftly enables the features of a collection of modules and techniques used to fix Perl 5’s warts. It includes changing core functions, adding features and changing defaults, so it will likely not be 100% backwards compatible with standard Perl 5 syntax. However, this pragma tries to limit the damage by having a lexical effect.
There are three methods to install libperl5i-perl
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libperl5i-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 libperl5i-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libperl5i-perl
Install libperl5i-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libperl5i-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libperl5i-perl
Install libperl5i-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libperl5i-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libperl5i-perl
How To Uninstall libperl5i-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libperl5i-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libperl5i-perl
Uninstall libperl5i-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libperl5i-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libperl5i-perl
Remove libperl5i-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libperl5i-perl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libperl5i-perl
Remove libperl5i-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libperl5i-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libperl5i-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libperl5i-perl
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.