How To Install libdancer-plugin-rest-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdancer-plugin-rest-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libdancer-plugin-rest-perl is REST plugin for Dancer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdancer-plugin-rest-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libdancer-plugin-rest-perl

libdancer-plugin-rest-perl is:

Dancer is a Perl web application framework.

Dancer::Plugin::REST is a Dancer plugin to transform your Dancer app into a RESTful webservice.

There are three methods to install libdancer-plugin-rest-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 libdancer-plugin-rest-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 libdancer-plugin-rest-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdancer-plugin-rest-perl

Install libdancer-plugin-rest-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdancer-plugin-rest-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdancer-plugin-rest-perl

Install libdancer-plugin-rest-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 libdancer-plugin-rest-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdancer-plugin-rest-perl

How To Uninstall libdancer-plugin-rest-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libdancer-plugin-rest-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdancer-plugin-rest-perl

Uninstall libdancer-plugin-rest-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdancer-plugin-rest-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdancer-plugin-rest-perl

Remove libdancer-plugin-rest-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libdancer-plugin-rest-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdancer-plugin-rest-perl

Remove libdancer-plugin-rest-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdancer-plugin-rest-perl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdancer-plugin-rest-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.