How To Install libima-dbi-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libima-dbi-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libima-dbi-perl
libima-dbi-perl is:
Ima::DBI attempts to organize and facilitate caching and more efficient use of database connections and statement handles.
One of the things that can be annoying about writing large programs with DBI is making sure that you do not have duplicate database handles open. There is also the issue of the somewhat wasteful nature of the prepare/execute/finish route that users tend to go through.
The new DBI->connect_cached and DBI->prepare_cached help a lot, but you still have to throw around global information about the data source, username and password.
So, after a while the author grew a small library of DBI helper routines and techniques. Ima::DBI is the culmination of all this, put into a nice(?), clean(?) class to be inherited from.
There are three methods to install libima-dbi-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 libima-dbi-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 libima-dbi-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libima-dbi-perl
Install libima-dbi-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libima-dbi-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libima-dbi-perl
Install libima-dbi-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 libima-dbi-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libima-dbi-perl
How To Uninstall libima-dbi-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libima-dbi-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libima-dbi-perl
Uninstall libima-dbi-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libima-dbi-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libima-dbi-perl
Remove libima-dbi-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libima-dbi-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libima-dbi-perl
Remove libima-dbi-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libima-dbi-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libima-dbi-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libima-dbi-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
