How To Install libjira-rest-perl on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjira-rest-perl on Debian 9.

What is libjira-rest-perl

libjira-rest-perl is:

The JIRA::REST module implements thin wrappers around JIRA’s REST APIs:

• JIRA Core REST API: https://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/server/
• JIRA Service Desk REST API: https://docs.atlassian.com/jira-servicedesk/REST/server/
• JIRA Software REST API: https://docs.atlassian.com/jira-software/REST/server/

The JIRA REST API supersedes the old SOAP API, for which there is another Perl module called JIRA::Client.

JIRA http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira is a proprietary bug tracking system from Atlassian http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/.

There are three methods to install libjira-rest-perl on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libjira-rest-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 libjira-rest-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjira-rest-perl

Install libjira-rest-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjira-rest-perl

Install libjira-rest-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 libjira-rest-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjira-rest-perl

How To Uninstall libjira-rest-perl on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libjira-rest-perl

Uninstall libjira-rest-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjira-rest-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjira-rest-perl

Remove libjira-rest-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libjira-rest-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjira-rest-perl

Remove libjira-rest-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjira-rest-perl

Dependencies

libjira-rest-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libconfig-identity-perl
• libhtml-tree-perl
• libhttp-message-perl
• libjson-perl
• librest-client-perl
• liburi-perl

References

• libjira-rest-perl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjira-rest-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.