How To Install libapt-pkg-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapt-pkg-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libapt-pkg-perl
libapt-pkg-perl is:
A Perl interface to APT’s libapt-pkg which provides modules for configuration file/command line parsing, version comparison, inspection of the binary package cache and source package details.
There are three methods to install libapt-pkg-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 libapt-pkg-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 libapt-pkg-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libapt-pkg-perl
Install libapt-pkg-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libapt-pkg-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libapt-pkg-perl
Install libapt-pkg-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 libapt-pkg-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libapt-pkg-perl
How To Uninstall libapt-pkg-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libapt-pkg-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libapt-pkg-perl
Uninstall libapt-pkg-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libapt-pkg-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapt-pkg-perl
Remove libapt-pkg-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libapt-pkg-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libapt-pkg-perl
Remove libapt-pkg-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libapt-pkg-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapt-pkg-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapt-pkg-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
