How To Install libdpm-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdpm-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libdpm-perl
libdpm-perl is:
The LCG Disk Pool Manager (DPM) creates a storage element from a set of disks. It provides several interfaces for storing and retrieving data such as RFIO and SRM version 1, version 2 and version 2.2. This package provides Perl bindings for the DPM client library.
There are three methods to install libdpm-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 libdpm-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 libdpm-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdpm-perl
Install libdpm-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdpm-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdpm-perl
Install libdpm-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 libdpm-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdpm-perl
How To Uninstall libdpm-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libdpm-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdpm-perl
Uninstall libdpm-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdpm-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdpm-perl
Remove libdpm-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libdpm-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdpm-perl
Remove libdpm-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdpm-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdpm-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdpm-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.