How To Install libsocket6-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libsocket6-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libsocket6-perl is Perl extensions for IPv6

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsocket6-perl on Debian 10.

What is libsocket6-perl

libsocket6-perl is:

The Socket6 module supports getaddrinfo() and getnameinfo() to intend to enable protocol independent programming. If your environment supports IPv6, IPv6 related defines such as AF_INET6 are included.

There are three methods to install libsocket6-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 libsocket6-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 libsocket6-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsocket6-perl

Install libsocket6-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsocket6-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsocket6-perl

Install libsocket6-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 libsocket6-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsocket6-perl

How To Uninstall libsocket6-perl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libsocket6-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsocket6-perl

Uninstall libsocket6-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsocket6-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsocket6-perl

Remove libsocket6-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libsocket6-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsocket6-perl

Remove libsocket6-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsocket6-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsocket6-perl

Dependencies

libsocket6-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsocket6-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.