How To Install libclang-perl on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclang-perl on Debian 10.
What is libclang-perl
libclang-perl is:
Clang is a compiler front end for the C, C++, Objective-C, and Objective-C++ programming languages which uses LLVM as its back end.
Clang module provides Perl bindings to the Clang indexing interface, used for extracting high-level symbol information from source files without exposing the full Clang C++ API.
There are three methods to install libclang-perl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libclang-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 libclang-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libclang-perl
Install libclang-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libclang-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libclang-perl
Install libclang-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 libclang-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libclang-perl
How To Uninstall libclang-perl on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libclang-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libclang-perl
Uninstall libclang-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libclang-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclang-perl
Remove libclang-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libclang-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libclang-perl
Remove libclang-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libclang-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclang-perl
Dependencies
libclang-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclang-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.