How To Install libcpanplus-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpanplus-perl on Debian 9.
What is libcpanplus-perl
libcpanplus-perl is:
The CPANPLUS library is an API to the CPAN mirrors and a collection of interactive shells, commandline programs, etc, that use this API.
There are three methods to install libcpanplus-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 libcpanplus-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-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcpanplus-perl
Install libcpanplus-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcpanplus-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcpanplus-perl
Install libcpanplus-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-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcpanplus-perl
How To Uninstall libcpanplus-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libcpanplus-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcpanplus-perl
Uninstall libcpanplus-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcpanplus-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcpanplus-perl
Remove libcpanplus-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libcpanplus-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcpanplus-perl
Remove libcpanplus-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcpanplus-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcpanplus-perl
Dependencies
libcpanplus-perl have the following dependencies:
- perl
- libarchive-extract-perl
- liblog-message-perl
- libmodule-pluggable-perl
- libobject-accessor-perl
- libpackage-constants-perl
- libterm-ui-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpanplus-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.