How To Install libautovivification-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libautovivification-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libautovivification-perl
libautovivification-perl is:
autovivication is a Perl pragma that enables developers to control whether variables can be created automatically on their first use, rather than requiring them to be defined beforehand. While occasionally useful, this behaviour can result in subtle bugs that are difficult to debug.
This pragma lets you disable autovivification for some constructs and can optionally also emit a warning or error when it would have happened.
There are three methods to install libautovivification-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 libautovivification-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 libautovivification-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libautovivification-perl
Install libautovivification-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libautovivification-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libautovivification-perl
Install libautovivification-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 libautovivification-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libautovivification-perl
How To Uninstall libautovivification-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libautovivification-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libautovivification-perl
Uninstall libautovivification-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libautovivification-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libautovivification-perl
Remove libautovivification-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libautovivification-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libautovivification-perl
Remove libautovivification-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libautovivification-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libautovivification-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libautovivification-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
