How To Install libidna-punycode-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libidna-punycode-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libidna-punycode-perl
libidna-punycode-perl is:
IDNA::Punycode is a module to encode / decode Unicode strings into Punycode, an efficient encoding of Unicode for use with IDNA.
Note that IDNA::Punycode is deprecated; URI (packaged as liburi-perl) provides a URI::_punycode method as a replacement.
There are three methods to install libidna-punycode-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 libidna-punycode-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 libidna-punycode-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libidna-punycode-perl
Install libidna-punycode-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libidna-punycode-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libidna-punycode-perl
Install libidna-punycode-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 libidna-punycode-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libidna-punycode-perl
How To Uninstall libidna-punycode-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libidna-punycode-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libidna-punycode-perl
Uninstall libidna-punycode-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libidna-punycode-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libidna-punycode-perl
Remove libidna-punycode-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libidna-punycode-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libidna-punycode-perl
Remove libidna-punycode-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libidna-punycode-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libidna-punycode-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libidna-punycode-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
