How To Install libbareword-filehandles-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbareword-filehandles-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libbareword-filehandles-perl is Perl pragma to disable bareword filehandles

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbareword-filehandles-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libbareword-filehandles-perl

libbareword-filehandles-perl is:

bareword::filehandles lexically disables the use of bareword filehandles with builtin functions, except for the special builtin filehandles STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR, ARGV, ARGVOUT and DATA. To use it in your scripts, simply say

no bareword::filehandles;

There are three methods to install libbareword-filehandles-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 libbareword-filehandles-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 libbareword-filehandles-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbareword-filehandles-perl

Install libbareword-filehandles-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libbareword-filehandles-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libbareword-filehandles-perl

Install libbareword-filehandles-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 libbareword-filehandles-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbareword-filehandles-perl

How To Uninstall libbareword-filehandles-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libbareword-filehandles-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbareword-filehandles-perl

Uninstall libbareword-filehandles-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbareword-filehandles-perl

Remove libbareword-filehandles-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libbareword-filehandles-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbareword-filehandles-perl

Remove libbareword-filehandles-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbareword-filehandles-perl

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Summary

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