How To Install libcps-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcps-perl
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcps-perl
libcps-perl is:
CPS is a Perl module that enables developers to write code in Continuation Passing Style, which is a style of writing code where the normal call/return mechanism is replaced by explicit “continuations”. It is useful whenever some form of asynchronous or event-based programming is in use.
There are three methods to install libcps-perl
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcps-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 libcps-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcps-perl
Install libcps-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcps-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcps-perl
Install libcps-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libcps-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcps-perl
How To Uninstall libcps-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcps-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcps-perl
Uninstall libcps-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcps-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcps-perl
Remove libcps-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libcps-perl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcps-perl
Remove libcps-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcps-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcps-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcps-perl
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.