How To Install libclipboard-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclipboard-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libclipboard-perl
libclipboard-perl is:
Clipboard is a module for accessing the X clipboard. It provides a copy() and a paste() function, and uses xclip(1) under the hood.
Additionally the package includes a couple of scripts for working with the clipboard:
clipaccumulate clipbrowse clipedit clipfilter clipjoin
There are three methods to install libclipboard-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 libclipboard-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 libclipboard-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libclipboard-perl
Install libclipboard-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libclipboard-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libclipboard-perl
Install libclipboard-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 libclipboard-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libclipboard-perl
How To Uninstall libclipboard-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libclipboard-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libclipboard-perl
Uninstall libclipboard-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libclipboard-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclipboard-perl
Remove libclipboard-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libclipboard-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libclipboard-perl
Remove libclipboard-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libclipboard-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclipboard-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclipboard-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
