How To Install libcompress-bzip2-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcompress-bzip2-perl on Debian 9.
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 9. 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.