How To Install libgv-perl on Debian 12

Learn how to install libgv-perl on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libgv-perl is Perl bindings for graphviz

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgv-perl on Debian 12.

What is libgv-perl

libgv-perl is:

Graphviz is a set of graph drawing tools. See the description of the graphviz package for a full description.

This package contains the Perl bindings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgv-perl

Install libgv-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgv-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgv-perl

How To Uninstall libgv-perl on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libgv-perl

Uninstall libgv-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgv-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgv-perl

Remove libgv-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libgv-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgv-perl

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgv-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgv-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.