How To Install libdomain-publicsuffix-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdomain-publicsuffix-perl
on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdomain-publicsuffix-perl
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.