How To Install libdir-self-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdir-self-perl
on Debian 9.
What is libdir-self-perl
libdir-self-perl is:
Perl has two pseudo-constants describing the current location in your source code, FILE and LINE. Dir::Self adds DIR, which expands to the directory your source file is in, as an absolute pathname.
This is useful if your code wants to access files in the same directory, like helper modules or configuration data. This is a bit like FindBin except it’s not limited to the main program, i.e. you can also use it in modules. And it actually works.
There are three methods to install libdir-self-perl
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libdir-self-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 libdir-self-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdir-self-perl
Install libdir-self-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdir-self-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdir-self-perl
Install libdir-self-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 libdir-self-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdir-self-perl
How To Uninstall libdir-self-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libdir-self-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdir-self-perl
Uninstall libdir-self-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdir-self-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdir-self-perl
Remove libdir-self-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libdir-self-perl
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdir-self-perl
Remove libdir-self-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdir-self-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdir-self-perl
Dependencies
libdir-self-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdir-self-perl
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.