How To Install libclass-multimethods-perl on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclass-multimethods-perl on Debian 11.
What is libclass-multimethods-perl
libclass-multimethods-perl is:
Sometimes Perl’s standard polymorphic method dispatch mechanism isn’t sophisticated enough to cope with the complexities of finding the right method to handle a given situation. Class::Multimethods to the rescue!
Generally speaking, multiple dispatch is needed whenever two or more objects belonging to different class hierarchies are going to interact, and there are different things that need to be done depending on the combination of the actual types of those objects. Typical applications that need this kind of ability include graphical user interfaces, image processing libraries, mixed-precision numerical computation systems, and most types of simulations.
There are three methods to install libclass-multimethods-perl on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libclass-multimethods-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 libclass-multimethods-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libclass-multimethods-perl
Install libclass-multimethods-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libclass-multimethods-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libclass-multimethods-perl
Install libclass-multimethods-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 libclass-multimethods-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libclass-multimethods-perl
How To Uninstall libclass-multimethods-perl on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libclass-multimethods-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libclass-multimethods-perl
Uninstall libclass-multimethods-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libclass-multimethods-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclass-multimethods-perl
Remove libclass-multimethods-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libclass-multimethods-perl configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libclass-multimethods-perl
Remove libclass-multimethods-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libclass-multimethods-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclass-multimethods-perl
Dependencies
libclass-multimethods-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclass-multimethods-perl package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.