How To Install libgetopt-complete-perl on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgetopt-complete-perl
on Debian 10.
What is libgetopt-complete-perl
libgetopt-complete-perl is:
Getopt::Complete makes it easy to add custom command-line completion to Perl applications. It also does additional validation of arguments, when the program is actually executed, based on completion lists.
Support is also present for apps which are an entry point for a hierarchy of sub-commands (in the style of cvs and git).
Getopt::Complete also wraps the standard options processing and exports it as a %ARGS hash at compile time, making using the arguments hassle-free.
The completion features currently work with the bash shell, which is the default on most Linux and Mac systems. Patches for other shells are welcome.
There are three methods to install libgetopt-complete-perl
on Debian 10. 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-complete-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-complete-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgetopt-complete-perl
Install libgetopt-complete-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgetopt-complete-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgetopt-complete-perl
Install libgetopt-complete-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgetopt-complete-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgetopt-complete-perl
How To Uninstall libgetopt-complete-perl on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libgetopt-complete-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgetopt-complete-perl
Uninstall libgetopt-complete-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgetopt-complete-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgetopt-complete-perl
Remove libgetopt-complete-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libgetopt-complete-perl
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgetopt-complete-perl
Remove libgetopt-complete-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgetopt-complete-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgetopt-complete-perl
Dependencies
libgetopt-complete-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgetopt-complete-perl
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.