How To Install libdatetime-format-flexible-perl on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdatetime-format-flexible-perl on Debian 12.
What is libdatetime-format-flexible-perl
libdatetime-format-flexible-perl is:
DateTime::Format::Flexible is designed to transform arbitrary date/time strings into DateTime objects. It is currently able to parse and extract date information from over 2500 variations of date/time strings.
Although this module is similar in nature to DateTime::Format::Natural (see libdatetime-format-natural-perl), it currently fails to parse more than 2000 of the formats successfully parsed by this module.
There are three methods to install libdatetime-format-flexible-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 libdatetime-format-flexible-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 libdatetime-format-flexible-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdatetime-format-flexible-perl
Install libdatetime-format-flexible-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdatetime-format-flexible-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdatetime-format-flexible-perl
Install libdatetime-format-flexible-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 libdatetime-format-flexible-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdatetime-format-flexible-perl
How To Uninstall libdatetime-format-flexible-perl on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libdatetime-format-flexible-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdatetime-format-flexible-perl
Uninstall libdatetime-format-flexible-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdatetime-format-flexible-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdatetime-format-flexible-perl
Remove libdatetime-format-flexible-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libdatetime-format-flexible-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdatetime-format-flexible-perl
Remove libdatetime-format-flexible-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdatetime-format-flexible-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdatetime-format-flexible-perl
Dependencies
libdatetime-format-flexible-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdatetime-format-flexible-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
