How To Install libdomain-publicsuffix-perl on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdomain-publicsuffix-perl on Debian 11. libdomain-publicsuffix-perl is module for parsing a domain to determine the public suffix

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdomain-publicsuffix-perl on Debian 11.

What is libdomain-publicsuffix-perl

libdomain-publicsuffix-perl is:

Domain::PublicSuffix utilizes the “effective_tld_names.dat” provided by Mozilla as a way to effectively reduce a fully qualified domain name down to the absolute root. The Mozilla PublicSuffix file is an open source, fully documented format that shows absolute root TLDs, primarily for Mozilla’s browser products to be able to determine how far a cookie’s security boundaries go.

This module will attempt to search etc directories in /usr/share/publicsuffix, /usr, /usr/local, and /opt/local for the effective_tld_names.dat file. If a file is not found, a default file is loaded from Domain::PublicSuffix::Default, which is current at the time of the module’s release.

There are three methods to install libdomain-publicsuffix-perl on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libdomain-publicsuffix-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 libdomain-publicsuffix-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdomain-publicsuffix-perl

Install libdomain-publicsuffix-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdomain-publicsuffix-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdomain-publicsuffix-perl

Install libdomain-publicsuffix-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 libdomain-publicsuffix-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdomain-publicsuffix-perl

How To Uninstall libdomain-publicsuffix-perl on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libdomain-publicsuffix-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdomain-publicsuffix-perl

Uninstall libdomain-publicsuffix-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdomain-publicsuffix-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdomain-publicsuffix-perl

Remove libdomain-publicsuffix-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libdomain-publicsuffix-perl configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdomain-publicsuffix-perl

Remove libdomain-publicsuffix-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdomain-publicsuffix-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdomain-publicsuffix-perl

Dependencies

libdomain-publicsuffix-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdomain-publicsuffix-perl package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.