How To Install libdaemon-generic-perl on Debian 12

Learn how to install libdaemon-generic-perl on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libdaemon-generic-perl is framework to provide start/stop/reload for a daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdaemon-generic-perl on Debian 12.

What is libdaemon-generic-perl

libdaemon-generic-perl is:

Daemon::Generic provides a framework for starting, stopping and reconfiguring daemon-like programs. The framework provides for standard commands that work for init.d files and as apachectl-like commands.

Programs that use Daemon::Generic subclass Daemon::Generic to override its behavior. Almost everything that Generic::Daemon does can be overridden as needed.

There are three methods to install libdaemon-generic-perl on Debian 12. 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-generic-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-generic-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdaemon-generic-perl

Install libdaemon-generic-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdaemon-generic-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdaemon-generic-perl

Install libdaemon-generic-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 libdaemon-generic-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdaemon-generic-perl

How To Uninstall libdaemon-generic-perl on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libdaemon-generic-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdaemon-generic-perl

Uninstall libdaemon-generic-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdaemon-generic-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdaemon-generic-perl

Remove libdaemon-generic-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libdaemon-generic-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdaemon-generic-perl

Remove libdaemon-generic-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdaemon-generic-perl

Dependencies

libdaemon-generic-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdaemon-generic-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.