How To Install libcairo-perl on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcairo-perl on Debian 9. libcairo-perl is Perl interface to the Cairo graphics library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcairo-perl on Debian 9.

What is libcairo-perl

libcairo-perl is:

libcairo-perl provides access to the Cairo library.

Cairo is a 2D graphics library with support for multiple output devices. It is designed to produce consistent output on all output media while taking advantage of display hardware acceleration when available (eg. through the X Render Extension).

The cairo API provides operations similar to the drawing operators of PostScript and PDF. Operations in cairo including stroking and filling cubic B?zier splines, transforming and compositing translucent images, and antialiased text rendering. All drawing operations can be transformed by any affine transformation (scale, rotation, shear, etc.)

Find out more about Cairo at http://www.cairographics.org/.

There are three methods to install libcairo-perl on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcairo-perl

Install libcairo-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcairo-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcairo-perl

How To Uninstall libcairo-perl on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libcairo-perl

Uninstall libcairo-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcairo-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcairo-perl

Remove libcairo-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libcairo-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcairo-perl

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

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

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

Dependencies

libcairo-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcairo-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.