How To Install liblinux-dvb-perl on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblinux-dvb-perl on Debian 9.

What is liblinux-dvb-perl

liblinux-dvb-perl is:

Linux::DVB provides an interface to the Linux DVB API. It is a straightforward translation of the C API. You should read the Linux DVB API description to make any sense of this module. It can be found here:

http://www.linuxtv.org/docs/dvbapi/dvbapi.html

Noteworthy limitations of this module include: No interface to the video, audio and net devices. If you need this functionality bug the author.

There are three methods to install liblinux-dvb-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 liblinux-dvb-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 liblinux-dvb-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblinux-dvb-perl

Install liblinux-dvb-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblinux-dvb-perl

Install liblinux-dvb-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 liblinux-dvb-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblinux-dvb-perl

How To Uninstall liblinux-dvb-perl on Debian 9

To uninstall only the liblinux-dvb-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblinux-dvb-perl

Uninstall liblinux-dvb-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblinux-dvb-perl

Remove liblinux-dvb-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblinux-dvb-perl

Remove liblinux-dvb-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblinux-dvb-perl

Dependencies

liblinux-dvb-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• perlapi-5.24.1
• libc6

References

• liblinux-dvb-perl website

Summary

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