How To Install liblogfile-rotate-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblogfile-rotate-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liblogfile-rotate-perl
liblogfile-rotate-perl is:
Logfile::Rotate provides methods to rename and save several versions of your logfiles, optionally compressing them after renaming them.
There are three methods to install liblogfile-rotate-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 liblogfile-rotate-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 liblogfile-rotate-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblogfile-rotate-perl
Install liblogfile-rotate-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblogfile-rotate-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblogfile-rotate-perl
Install liblogfile-rotate-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 liblogfile-rotate-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblogfile-rotate-perl
How To Uninstall liblogfile-rotate-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liblogfile-rotate-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblogfile-rotate-perl
Uninstall liblogfile-rotate-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblogfile-rotate-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblogfile-rotate-perl
Remove liblogfile-rotate-perl Configurations and Data
To remove liblogfile-rotate-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblogfile-rotate-perl
Remove liblogfile-rotate-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblogfile-rotate-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblogfile-rotate-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblogfile-rotate-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
