How To Install libheap-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libheap-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libheap-perl
libheap-perl is:
The Heap collection of modules provide routines that manage a heap of elements. A heap is a partially sorted structure that is always able to easily extract the smallest of the elements in the structure (or the largest if a reversed compare routine is provided).
If the collection of elements is changing dynamically, the heap has less overhead than keeping the collection fully sorted.
There are three methods to install libheap-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 libheap-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 libheap-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libheap-perl
Install libheap-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libheap-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libheap-perl
Install libheap-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 libheap-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libheap-perl
How To Uninstall libheap-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libheap-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libheap-perl
Uninstall libheap-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libheap-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libheap-perl
Remove libheap-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libheap-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libheap-perl
Remove libheap-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libheap-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libheap-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libheap-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
