How To Install dh-perl6 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-perl6
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dh-perl6
dh-perl6 is:
dh-perl6 provides a debhelper add-on called ‘perl6’. This simplifies common steps of Perl 6 package building, like postinst and postrm scripts and communicating module dependencies to the rakudo install helpers.
There are three methods to install dh-perl6
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dh-perl6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-perl6
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dh-perl6
Install dh-perl6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-perl6
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dh-perl6
Install dh-perl6 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 dh-perl6
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dh-perl6
How To Uninstall dh-perl6 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dh-perl6
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dh-perl6
Uninstall dh-perl6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dh-perl6
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-perl6
Remove dh-perl6 Configurations and Data
To remove dh-perl6
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dh-perl6
Remove dh-perl6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dh-perl6
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-perl6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-perl6
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.