How To Install libdata-stag-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdata-stag-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdata-stag-perl
libdata-stag-perl is:
Data::Stag is for manipulating data as hierarchical tag/value pairs (Structured TAGs or Simple Tree AGgreggates). These datastructures can be represented as nested arrays, which have the advantage of being native to perl. A simple example is shown below:
[ person=> [ [ family_name => $family_name ], [ given_name => $given_name ], [ phone_no => $phone_no ] ] ],
Data::Stag uses a subset of XML for import and export. This means the module can also be used as a general XML parser/writer (with certain caveats).
There are three methods to install libdata-stag-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 libdata-stag-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 libdata-stag-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdata-stag-perl
Install libdata-stag-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdata-stag-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdata-stag-perl
Install libdata-stag-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 libdata-stag-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdata-stag-perl
How To Uninstall libdata-stag-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdata-stag-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdata-stag-perl
Uninstall libdata-stag-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdata-stag-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdata-stag-perl
Remove libdata-stag-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libdata-stag-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdata-stag-perl
Remove libdata-stag-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdata-stag-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdata-stag-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdata-stag-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
