How To Install libexperimental-perl on Debian 12

Learn how to install libexperimental-perl on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libexperimental-perl is pragma for making experimental features easy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexperimental-perl on Debian 12.

What is libexperimental-perl

libexperimental-perl is:

The experimental pragma provides an easy and convenient way to enable or disable experimental features.

Experimental features were introduced in Perl 5.18, together with a warnings category “exmperimental”. When such features are used, the respective warnings have to be turned off additionally.

Cf. https://metacpan.org/module/RJBS/perl-5.18.0/pod/perldelta.pod#New-mechanism-for-experimental-features

There are three methods to install libexperimental-perl on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libexperimental-perl

Install libexperimental-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libexperimental-perl

Install libexperimental-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 libexperimental-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libexperimental-perl

How To Uninstall libexperimental-perl on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libexperimental-perl

Uninstall libexperimental-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libexperimental-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexperimental-perl

Remove libexperimental-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libexperimental-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libexperimental-perl

Remove libexperimental-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexperimental-perl

Dependencies

libexperimental-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexperimental-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.