How To Install libapp-options-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapp-options-perl on Debian 9.
What is libapp-options-perl
libapp-options-perl is:
App::Options combines command-line arguments, environment variables, option files, and program defaults to produce a hash of option values.
Furthermore, its special treatment of the “perlinc” option facilitates the inclusion (“use”) of application-specific perl modules from special places to enable the installation of multiple versions of an application on the same system (i.e. /usr/myproduct/version).
There are three methods to install libapp-options-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 libapp-options-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 libapp-options-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libapp-options-perl
Install libapp-options-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libapp-options-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libapp-options-perl
Install libapp-options-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 libapp-options-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libapp-options-perl
How To Uninstall libapp-options-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libapp-options-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libapp-options-perl
Uninstall libapp-options-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libapp-options-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapp-options-perl
Remove libapp-options-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libapp-options-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libapp-options-perl
Remove libapp-options-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libapp-options-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapp-options-perl
Dependencies
libapp-options-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapp-options-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.