How To Install libcompress-bzip2-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libcompress-bzip2-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libcompress-bzip2-perl is Perl interface to Bzip2 compression library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcompress-bzip2-perl on Debian 10.

What is libcompress-bzip2-perl

libcompress-bzip2-perl is:

The Compress::Bzip2 module provides a Perl interface to the Bzip2 compression library, a relevant subset of the functionality provided by Bzip2 is available in Compress::Bzip2.

The module can be split into two general areas of functionality, namely in-memory compression/decompression and read/write access to bzip2 files.

There are three methods to install libcompress-bzip2-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 libcompress-bzip2-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 libcompress-bzip2-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcompress-bzip2-perl

Install libcompress-bzip2-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcompress-bzip2-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcompress-bzip2-perl

Install libcompress-bzip2-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 libcompress-bzip2-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcompress-bzip2-perl

How To Uninstall libcompress-bzip2-perl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libcompress-bzip2-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcompress-bzip2-perl

Uninstall libcompress-bzip2-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcompress-bzip2-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcompress-bzip2-perl

Remove libcompress-bzip2-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libcompress-bzip2-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcompress-bzip2-perl

Remove libcompress-bzip2-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcompress-bzip2-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcompress-bzip2-perl

Dependencies

libcompress-bzip2-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcompress-bzip2-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.