How To Install libflickr-api-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libflickr-api-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libflickr-api-perl
libflickr-api-perl is:
Flickr::API is a simple interface for using the Flickr API in Perl. It is a subclass of LWP::UserAgent, so all of the various proxy, request limit, cache and other options are available.
There are three methods to install libflickr-api-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 libflickr-api-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 libflickr-api-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libflickr-api-perl
Install libflickr-api-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libflickr-api-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libflickr-api-perl
Install libflickr-api-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 libflickr-api-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libflickr-api-perl
How To Uninstall libflickr-api-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libflickr-api-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libflickr-api-perl
Uninstall libflickr-api-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libflickr-api-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libflickr-api-perl
Remove libflickr-api-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libflickr-api-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libflickr-api-perl
Remove libflickr-api-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libflickr-api-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libflickr-api-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libflickr-api-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
