How To Install libfinance-yahooquote-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfinance-yahooquote-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libfinance-yahooquote-perl is Perl module for retrieving stock quotes from Yahoo! Finance

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfinance-yahooquote-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libfinance-yahooquote-perl

libfinance-yahooquote-perl is:

This is a Perl module to retrieve one or more quotes for stocks, mutual funds, exchange rates, options, … from Yahoo! Finance, covering most (if not all) of the global Yahoo! Finance sites.

There are three methods to install libfinance-yahooquote-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 libfinance-yahooquote-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 libfinance-yahooquote-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfinance-yahooquote-perl

Install libfinance-yahooquote-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfinance-yahooquote-perl

Install libfinance-yahooquote-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 libfinance-yahooquote-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfinance-yahooquote-perl

How To Uninstall libfinance-yahooquote-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libfinance-yahooquote-perl

Uninstall libfinance-yahooquote-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfinance-yahooquote-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfinance-yahooquote-perl

Remove libfinance-yahooquote-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libfinance-yahooquote-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfinance-yahooquote-perl

Remove libfinance-yahooquote-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfinance-yahooquote-perl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfinance-yahooquote-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.