How To Install libgraphviz-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphviz-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgraphviz-perl
libgraphviz-perl is:
This module provides an interface to layout and image generation of directed and undirected graphs in a variety of formats (PostScript, PNG, etc.) using the “dot”, “neato”, “twopi”, “circo” and “fdp” programs from the GraphViz project (http://www.graphviz.org/ or http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/).
There are three methods to install libgraphviz-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 libgraphviz-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 libgraphviz-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgraphviz-perl
Install libgraphviz-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgraphviz-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgraphviz-perl
Install libgraphviz-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 libgraphviz-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgraphviz-perl
How To Uninstall libgraphviz-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgraphviz-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgraphviz-perl
Uninstall libgraphviz-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgraphviz-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgraphviz-perl
Remove libgraphviz-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libgraphviz-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgraphviz-perl
Remove libgraphviz-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgraphviz-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgraphviz-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphviz-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
