How To Install liblog-message-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog-message-perl on Debian 9.
What is liblog-message-perl
liblog-message-perl is:
Log::Message is a generic message storage mechanism. It allows you to store messages on a stack – either shared or private – and assign meta-data to it. Some meta-data will automatically be added for you, like a timestamp and a stack trace, but some can be filled in by the user, like a tag by which to identify it or group it, and a level at which to handle the message (for example, log it, or die with it)
Log::Message also provides a powerful way of searching through items by regexes on messages, tags and level.
There are three methods to install liblog-message-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 liblog-message-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 liblog-message-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblog-message-perl
Install liblog-message-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblog-message-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblog-message-perl
Install liblog-message-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 liblog-message-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblog-message-perl
How To Uninstall liblog-message-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the liblog-message-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblog-message-perl
Uninstall liblog-message-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblog-message-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblog-message-perl
Remove liblog-message-perl Configurations and Data
To remove liblog-message-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblog-message-perl
Remove liblog-message-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblog-message-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblog-message-perl
Dependencies
liblog-message-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog-message-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.