How To Install libgetopt-tabular-perl on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgetopt-tabular-perl on Debian 12.
What is libgetopt-tabular-perl
libgetopt-tabular-perl is:
Getopt::Tabular is a Perl 5 module for table-driven argument parsing, vaguely inspired by John Ousterhout’s Tk_ParseArgv.
Some nice features of Getopt::Tabular are:
- Command-line arguments are carefully type-checked, both by pattern and number – e.g. if an option requires two integers, GetOptions makes sure that exactly two integers follow it!
- The valid command-line arguments are specified in a data structure separate from the call to GetOptions; this makes it easier to have very long lists of options, and to parse options from multiple sources (e.g. the command line, an environment variable, and a configuration file).
- Getopt::Tabular can intelligently generate help text based on your option descriptions.
- The type system is extensible, and if you can define your desired argument type using a single Perl regular expression then it’s particularly easy to extend.
- Options can be abbreviated and come in any order.
- A “spoof” mode in which arguments are parsed without side-effects.
There are three methods to install libgetopt-tabular-perl on Debian 12. 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-tabular-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-tabular-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgetopt-tabular-perl
Install libgetopt-tabular-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgetopt-tabular-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgetopt-tabular-perl
Install libgetopt-tabular-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-tabular-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgetopt-tabular-perl
How To Uninstall libgetopt-tabular-perl on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libgetopt-tabular-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgetopt-tabular-perl
Uninstall libgetopt-tabular-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgetopt-tabular-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgetopt-tabular-perl
Remove libgetopt-tabular-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libgetopt-tabular-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgetopt-tabular-perl
Remove libgetopt-tabular-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgetopt-tabular-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgetopt-tabular-perl
Dependencies
libgetopt-tabular-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgetopt-tabular-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.