How To Install libbrowser-open-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbrowser-open-perl
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libbrowser-open-perl
libbrowser-open-perl is:
The functions optionaly exported by Browser::Open allows you to open URLs in the user browser.
A set of known commands per OS-name is tested for presence, and the first one found is executed. With an optional parameter, all known commands are checked.
The “open_browser” uses the system() function to execute the command. If you want more control, you can get the command with the “open_browser_cmd” or “open_browser_cmd_all” functions and then use whatever method you want to execute it.
There are three methods to install libbrowser-open-perl
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libbrowser-open-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 libbrowser-open-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbrowser-open-perl
Install libbrowser-open-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbrowser-open-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbrowser-open-perl
Install libbrowser-open-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 libbrowser-open-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbrowser-open-perl
How To Uninstall libbrowser-open-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libbrowser-open-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbrowser-open-perl
Uninstall libbrowser-open-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbrowser-open-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbrowser-open-perl
Remove libbrowser-open-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libbrowser-open-perl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbrowser-open-perl
Remove libbrowser-open-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbrowser-open-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbrowser-open-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbrowser-open-perl
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.