How To Install libberkeleydb-perl on Debian 12

Learn how to install libberkeleydb-perl on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libberkeleydb-perl is use Berkeley DB databases from Perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libberkeleydb-perl on Debian 12.

What is libberkeleydb-perl

libberkeleydb-perl is:

Provides BerkeleyDB::Hash, BerkeleyDB::Btree etc. classes that allow access to Berkeley DB databases as if they were normal Perl hash tables.

Supports all the features of Berkeley DB such as sharing cache and lock memory between processes, logging and transactions.

There are three methods to install libberkeleydb-perl on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libberkeleydb-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 libberkeleydb-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libberkeleydb-perl

Install libberkeleydb-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libberkeleydb-perl

Install libberkeleydb-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 libberkeleydb-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libberkeleydb-perl

How To Uninstall libberkeleydb-perl on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libberkeleydb-perl

Uninstall libberkeleydb-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libberkeleydb-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libberkeleydb-perl

Remove libberkeleydb-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libberkeleydb-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libberkeleydb-perl

Remove libberkeleydb-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libberkeleydb-perl

Dependencies

libberkeleydb-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libberkeleydb-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.