How To Install libgeography-countries-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeography-countries-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libgeography-countries-perl is 2-letter, 3-letter, and numerical codes for countries.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeography-countries-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libgeography-countries-perl

libgeography-countries-perl is:

Geography::Countries maps country names, and their 2-letter, 3-letter and numerical codes, as defined by the ISO-3166 maintenance agency [1], and defined by the UNSD.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgeography-countries-perl

Install libgeography-countries-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgeography-countries-perl

Install libgeography-countries-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 libgeography-countries-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgeography-countries-perl

How To Uninstall libgeography-countries-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libgeography-countries-perl

Uninstall libgeography-countries-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeography-countries-perl

Remove libgeography-countries-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgeography-countries-perl

Remove libgeography-countries-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeography-countries-perl

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Summary

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