How To Install libarchive-any-create-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libarchive-any-create-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libarchive-any-create-perl is abstract API to create tar/tar.gz/zip archives

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libarchive-any-create-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libarchive-any-create-perl

libarchive-any-create-perl is:

Archive::Any::Create is a wrapper module to create tar/tar.gz/zip files with a single easy-to-use API. When writing to a file, the module automatically determines the compression method based on file name.

There are three methods to install libarchive-any-create-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 libarchive-any-create-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 libarchive-any-create-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libarchive-any-create-perl

Install libarchive-any-create-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libarchive-any-create-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libarchive-any-create-perl

Install libarchive-any-create-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 libarchive-any-create-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libarchive-any-create-perl

How To Uninstall libarchive-any-create-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libarchive-any-create-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libarchive-any-create-perl

Uninstall libarchive-any-create-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libarchive-any-create-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libarchive-any-create-perl

Remove libarchive-any-create-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libarchive-any-create-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libarchive-any-create-perl

Remove libarchive-any-create-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libarchive-any-create-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libarchive-any-create-perl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libarchive-any-create-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.