How To Install libconfig-auto-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig-auto-perl on Debian 9.
What is libconfig-auto-perl
libconfig-auto-perl is:
Config::Auto allows developers to parse config files without needing to specify the format of the file (though they can do it).
It even looks for the config file in standard places (working dir, home dir, /etc) and tries some common config file names if the path isn’t specified in the call.
It then determines the format of the config file, parses it and then returns a data structure containing the configuration data. The format of this structure depends on the format of the file.
At the moment, libconfig-auto-perl knows about colon, space and equals separated, XML, Perl, Windows INI, BIND9 and irssi style config files, though files in BIND9 or irssi format cannot be parsed.
There are three methods to install libconfig-auto-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 libconfig-auto-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 libconfig-auto-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libconfig-auto-perl
Install libconfig-auto-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libconfig-auto-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libconfig-auto-perl
Install libconfig-auto-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 libconfig-auto-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libconfig-auto-perl
How To Uninstall libconfig-auto-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libconfig-auto-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libconfig-auto-perl
Uninstall libconfig-auto-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libconfig-auto-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libconfig-auto-perl
Remove libconfig-auto-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libconfig-auto-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libconfig-auto-perl
Remove libconfig-auto-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libconfig-auto-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libconfig-auto-perl
Dependencies
libconfig-auto-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig-auto-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.