How To Install libfailures-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfailures-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libfailures-perl
libfailures-perl is:
The failures module lets you define an exception hierarchy quickly and simply.
The design goals were:
• minimalist interface • 80% of features in 20% of lines of code • depend only on core modules (nearly achieved) • support hierarchical error types • identify errors types by name (class) not by parsing strings • leave (possibly expensive) trace decisions to the thrower
There are three methods to install libfailures-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 libfailures-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 libfailures-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfailures-perl
Install libfailures-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfailures-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfailures-perl
Install libfailures-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 libfailures-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfailures-perl
How To Uninstall libfailures-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libfailures-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfailures-perl
Uninstall libfailures-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfailures-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfailures-perl
Remove libfailures-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libfailures-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfailures-perl
Remove libfailures-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfailures-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfailures-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfailures-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
