How To Install libencode-perl on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libencode-perl on Debian 10.
What is libencode-perl
libencode-perl is:
The Encode module provides the interfaces between Perl’s strings and the rest of the system.
When Perl is processing “binary data”, the programmer wants Perl to process “sequences of bytes”. This is not a problem for Perl - as a byte has 256 possible values, it easily fits in Perl’s much larger “logical character”.
Encodes a string from Perl’s internal form into ENCODING and returns a sequence of octets.
There are three methods to install libencode-perl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libencode-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 libencode-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libencode-perl
Install libencode-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libencode-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libencode-perl
Install libencode-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 libencode-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libencode-perl
How To Uninstall libencode-perl on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libencode-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libencode-perl
Uninstall libencode-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libencode-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libencode-perl
Remove libencode-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libencode-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libencode-perl
Remove libencode-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libencode-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libencode-perl
Dependencies
libencode-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libencode-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.