How To Install libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl on Debian 9.
What is libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl
libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl is:
Alien::FFI makes libffi available to other Perl distributions.
Alt::Alien::FFI::System provides an alternative implementation of Alien::FFI that is geared toward system integrators when libffi is provided by the operating system. It will NOT attempt to download or install libffi, contrary to the original Alien::FFI.
There are three methods to install libalt-alien-ffi-system-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 libalt-alien-ffi-system-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 libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl
Install libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl
Install libalt-alien-ffi-system-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 libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl
How To Uninstall libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl
Uninstall libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl
Remove libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl
Remove libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl
Dependencies
libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libalt-alien-ffi-system-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.