How To Install libdaemon-control-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdaemon-control-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdaemon-control-perl
libdaemon-control-perl is:
Daemon::Control provides a library for creating init scripts in Perl. Your Perl script just needs to set the accessors for what and how you want something to run and the library takes care of the rest.
You can launch programs through the shell (/usr/sbin/my_program) or launch Perl code itself into a daemon mode. Single and double fork methods are supported and in double-fork mode all the things you would expect like reopening STDOUT/STDERR, switching UID/GID are supported.
There are three methods to install libdaemon-control-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 libdaemon-control-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 libdaemon-control-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdaemon-control-perl
Install libdaemon-control-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdaemon-control-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdaemon-control-perl
Install libdaemon-control-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 libdaemon-control-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdaemon-control-perl
How To Uninstall libdaemon-control-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdaemon-control-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdaemon-control-perl
Uninstall libdaemon-control-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdaemon-control-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdaemon-control-perl
Remove libdaemon-control-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libdaemon-control-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdaemon-control-perl
Remove libdaemon-control-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdaemon-control-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdaemon-control-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdaemon-control-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
