How To Install libebook-tools-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libebook-tools-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libebook-tools-perl
libebook-tools-perl is:
EBook-Tools contains a library and a command-line tool for unpacking, creating, correcting, and repacking electronic books.
Current native unpacking support is limited to PalmDoc, EReader, IMP, and Mobipocket without DRM protection, though MS Reader (lit.) and Mobipocket DRM is supported by automatic use of ConvertLIT and MobiDeDRM if available. The metadata correction tools are quite extensive, however. For more details, see the POD information on EBook::Tools and EBook::Tools::Unpack.
There are three methods to install libebook-tools-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 libebook-tools-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 libebook-tools-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libebook-tools-perl
Install libebook-tools-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libebook-tools-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libebook-tools-perl
Install libebook-tools-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 libebook-tools-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libebook-tools-perl
How To Uninstall libebook-tools-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libebook-tools-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libebook-tools-perl
Uninstall libebook-tools-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libebook-tools-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libebook-tools-perl
Remove libebook-tools-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libebook-tools-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libebook-tools-perl
Remove libebook-tools-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libebook-tools-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libebook-tools-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libebook-tools-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
