How To Install libunix-configfile-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunix-configfile-perl
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libunix-configfile-perl
libunix-configfile-perl is:
The Unix::ConfigFile distribution is a suite of modules that provide simple interfaces to various Unix configuration files. The objective is to free the system administrator from dealing with the trivial formatting details of the files, and allow him or her to concentrate on the information therein. Currently supported files include:
aliases Unix::AliasFile
automount Unix::AutomountFile
group Unix::GroupFile
passwd Unix::PasswdFile
There are three methods to install libunix-configfile-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 libunix-configfile-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 libunix-configfile-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libunix-configfile-perl
Install libunix-configfile-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libunix-configfile-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libunix-configfile-perl
Install libunix-configfile-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 libunix-configfile-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libunix-configfile-perl
How To Uninstall libunix-configfile-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libunix-configfile-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libunix-configfile-perl
Uninstall libunix-configfile-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libunix-configfile-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunix-configfile-perl
Remove libunix-configfile-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libunix-configfile-perl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libunix-configfile-perl
Remove libunix-configfile-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libunix-configfile-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunix-configfile-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunix-configfile-perl
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.