How To Install libdevel-mat-perl on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdevel-mat-perl on Debian 12.
What is libdevel-mat-perl
libdevel-mat-perl is:
The Devel::MAT ecosystem allows developers of perl programs to inspect and analyse memory-related problems such as memory leaks, unexpected memory consumption, or odd state. This is an “offline” analysis system, in the sense that the analysis tools all run in a different process, possibly at a later time, than the perl process that is being analysed.
The basic workflow consists of two main stages: first a heap dump file is generated from the perl process being debugged, at or around the time that the problem becomes apparent, and secondly this file is loaded by an analysis tool in order to inspect the contents.
To generate the heap dump file that captures the contents of the heap, the Devel::MAT::Dumper (libdevel-mat-dumper-perl) module is used.
After there generation of the .pmat file, it can be loaded and inspected. A lot of the smaller, simpler tools are built as plugins for the main pmat command shell (contained in libdevel-mat-perl, together with Devel::MAT), so inspection starts with loading the heap file there.
There are three methods to install libdevel-mat-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 libdevel-mat-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 libdevel-mat-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdevel-mat-perl
Install libdevel-mat-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdevel-mat-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdevel-mat-perl
Install libdevel-mat-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 libdevel-mat-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdevel-mat-perl
How To Uninstall libdevel-mat-perl on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libdevel-mat-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdevel-mat-perl
Uninstall libdevel-mat-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdevel-mat-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdevel-mat-perl
Remove libdevel-mat-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libdevel-mat-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdevel-mat-perl
Remove libdevel-mat-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdevel-mat-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdevel-mat-perl
Dependencies
libdevel-mat-perl have the following dependencies:
- perl
- perlapi-5.36.0
- libc6
- libcommandable-perl
- libdevel-mat-dumper-perl
- libfeature-compat-try-perl
- libfile-sharedir-perl
- libheap-perl
- liblist-utilsby-perl
- libmodule-pluggable-perl
- libscalar-list-utils-perl
- libstring-tagged-perl
- libstring-tagged-terminal-perl
- libstruct-dumb-perl
- libsyntax-keyword-match-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdevel-mat-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
