How To Install libhijk-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhijk-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libhijk-perl
libhijk-perl is:
Hijk is a specialized HTTP Client that does nothing but transport the response body back. It does not feature as a “user agent”, but as a dumb client. It is suitable for connecting to data servers transporting via HTTP rather then web servers.
Most of HTTP features like proxy, redirect, Transfer-Encoding, or SSL are not supported at all. For those requirements there already are many good HTTP clients like HTTP::Tiny, Furl or LWP::UserAgent.
There are three methods to install libhijk-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 libhijk-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 libhijk-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhijk-perl
Install libhijk-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhijk-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhijk-perl
Install libhijk-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 libhijk-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhijk-perl
How To Uninstall libhijk-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libhijk-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhijk-perl
Uninstall libhijk-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhijk-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhijk-perl
Remove libhijk-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libhijk-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhijk-perl
Remove libhijk-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhijk-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhijk-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhijk-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
