How To Install libcpanplus-dist-build-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libcpanplus-dist-build-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libcpanplus-dist-build-perl is CPANPLUS plugin to install packages that use Build.PL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpanplus-dist-build-perl on Debian 10.

What is libcpanplus-dist-build-perl

libcpanplus-dist-build-perl is:

CPANPLUS::Dist::Build is a distribution class for Module::Build related modules. Using this package, you can create, install and uninstall perl modules. It inherits from CPANPLUS::Dist.

Normal users won’t have to worry about the interface to this module, as it functions transparently as a plug-in to CPANPLUS and will just Do The Right Thing when it’s loaded.

There are three methods to install libcpanplus-dist-build-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 libcpanplus-dist-build-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 libcpanplus-dist-build-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcpanplus-dist-build-perl

Install libcpanplus-dist-build-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcpanplus-dist-build-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcpanplus-dist-build-perl

Install libcpanplus-dist-build-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 libcpanplus-dist-build-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcpanplus-dist-build-perl

How To Uninstall libcpanplus-dist-build-perl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libcpanplus-dist-build-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcpanplus-dist-build-perl

Uninstall libcpanplus-dist-build-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcpanplus-dist-build-perl

Remove libcpanplus-dist-build-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libcpanplus-dist-build-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcpanplus-dist-build-perl

Remove libcpanplus-dist-build-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcpanplus-dist-build-perl

Dependencies

libcpanplus-dist-build-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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