How To Install libswagger2-perl on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libswagger2-perl on Debian 9. libswagger2-perl is Perl module for generating, parsing and transforming swagger API documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libswagger2-perl on Debian 9.

What is libswagger2-perl

libswagger2-perl is:

Swagger2 is a module for generating, parsing and transforming swagger API documentation. It has support for reading swagger specification in JSON notation and it can also read YAML files, if a YAML parser is installed.

It comes with a Mojolicious plugin, Mojolicious::Plugin::Swagger2, which can set up routes and perform input and output validation.

There are three methods to install libswagger2-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 libswagger2-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 libswagger2-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libswagger2-perl

Install libswagger2-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libswagger2-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libswagger2-perl

Install libswagger2-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 libswagger2-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libswagger2-perl

How To Uninstall libswagger2-perl on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libswagger2-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libswagger2-perl

Uninstall libswagger2-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libswagger2-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libswagger2-perl

Remove libswagger2-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libswagger2-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libswagger2-perl

Remove libswagger2-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libswagger2-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libswagger2-perl

Dependencies

libswagger2-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libswagger2-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.