How To Install libdistro-info-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdistro-info-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdistro-info-perl
libdistro-info-perl is:
Information about all releases of Debian and Ubuntu.
This package contains a Perl module for parsing the data in distro-info-data. There is also a command line interface in the distro-info package.
There are three methods to install libdistro-info-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 libdistro-info-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 libdistro-info-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdistro-info-perl
Install libdistro-info-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdistro-info-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdistro-info-perl
Install libdistro-info-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 libdistro-info-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdistro-info-perl
How To Uninstall libdistro-info-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdistro-info-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdistro-info-perl
Uninstall libdistro-info-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdistro-info-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdistro-info-perl
Remove libdistro-info-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libdistro-info-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdistro-info-perl
Remove libdistro-info-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdistro-info-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdistro-info-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdistro-info-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
