How To Install libguestfs-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libguestfs-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libguestfs-perl is guest disk image management system - Perl bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-perl on Debian 10.

What is libguestfs-perl

libguestfs-perl is:

The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.

This package contains the Perl bindings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libguestfs-perl

Install libguestfs-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libguestfs-perl

Install libguestfs-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 libguestfs-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libguestfs-perl

How To Uninstall libguestfs-perl on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libguestfs-perl

Uninstall libguestfs-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libguestfs-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libguestfs-perl

Remove libguestfs-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libguestfs-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libguestfs-perl

Remove libguestfs-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libguestfs-perl

Dependencies

libguestfs-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.