How To Install libboulder-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libboulder-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libboulder-perl is Perl module for hierarchical tag/value structures

Introduction

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

What is libboulder-perl

libboulder-perl is:

Boulder provides a simple stream-oriented format for transmitting data objects between one or more processes. It does not provide for the serialization of Perl objects the way FreezeThaw or Data::Dumper do, but it does provide the advantage of being language independent.

In addition to a stream-oriented interface, Boulder comes with a simple record-oriented database-oriented interface, Boulder::Store, which provides query and search capabilities comparable to many flat file DBMS systems.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libboulder-perl

Install libboulder-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libboulder-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libboulder-perl

How To Uninstall libboulder-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libboulder-perl

Uninstall libboulder-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libboulder-perl

Remove libboulder-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libboulder-perl

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

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

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

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Summary

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