How To Install libcurses-widgets-perl on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcurses-widgets-perl
on Debian 11.
What is libcurses-widgets-perl
libcurses-widgets-perl is:
This module provides a standard library of functions and widgets for use in creating Curses-based interfaces. Should work reliably with both Curses and nCurses libraries.
Current widgets include text field, list box, button sets, calendar, message box, input box
There are three methods to install libcurses-widgets-perl
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcurses-widgets-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 libcurses-widgets-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcurses-widgets-perl
Install libcurses-widgets-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcurses-widgets-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcurses-widgets-perl
Install libcurses-widgets-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 libcurses-widgets-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcurses-widgets-perl
How To Uninstall libcurses-widgets-perl on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libcurses-widgets-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcurses-widgets-perl
Uninstall libcurses-widgets-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcurses-widgets-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcurses-widgets-perl
Remove libcurses-widgets-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libcurses-widgets-perl
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcurses-widgets-perl
Remove libcurses-widgets-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcurses-widgets-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcurses-widgets-perl
Dependencies
libcurses-widgets-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcurses-widgets-perl
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.