How To Install libclass-multimethods-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libclass-multimethods-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libclass-multimethods-perl is Support multimethods and subroutine overloading in Perl

Introduction

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

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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04

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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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

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Summary

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