How To Install libgetopt-argparse-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgetopt-argparse-perl
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgetopt-argparse-perl
libgetopt-argparse-perl is:
Getopt::ArgParse provides the following features:
- Generating usage messages
- Storing parsed arg values in an object, which can be also used to load configuration values from files and therefore the ability for applications to combine configurations in a single interface
- A more user-friendly interface to specify arguments, such as argument types, argument values split, etc.
- Subcommand parsing, such svn
- Supporting both flag based named arguments and positional arguments
Getopt::ArgParse provides similar functionality to Python’s argparse module.
There are three methods to install libgetopt-argparse-perl
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgetopt-argparse-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 libgetopt-argparse-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgetopt-argparse-perl
Install libgetopt-argparse-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgetopt-argparse-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgetopt-argparse-perl
Install libgetopt-argparse-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 libgetopt-argparse-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgetopt-argparse-perl
How To Uninstall libgetopt-argparse-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgetopt-argparse-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgetopt-argparse-perl
Uninstall libgetopt-argparse-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgetopt-argparse-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgetopt-argparse-perl
Remove libgetopt-argparse-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libgetopt-argparse-perl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgetopt-argparse-perl
Remove libgetopt-argparse-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgetopt-argparse-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgetopt-argparse-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgetopt-argparse-perl
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.