How To Install liblfc-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblfc-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liblfc-perl
liblfc-perl is:
The LCG File Catalog (LFC) keeps track of the locations of the physical replicas of the logical files in a distributed storage system. This package provides Perl bindings for the LFC client library.
There are three methods to install liblfc-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 liblfc-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 liblfc-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblfc-perl
Install liblfc-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblfc-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblfc-perl
Install liblfc-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 liblfc-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblfc-perl
How To Uninstall liblfc-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liblfc-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblfc-perl
Uninstall liblfc-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblfc-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblfc-perl
Remove liblfc-perl Configurations and Data
To remove liblfc-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblfc-perl
Remove liblfc-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblfc-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblfc-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblfc-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
