How To Install libmastodon-client-perl on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmastodon-client-perl on Debian 12.
What is libmastodon-client-perl
libmastodon-client-perl is:
Mastodon::Client lets you talk to a Mastodon server to obtain authentication credentials, read posts from timelines in both static or streaming mode, and perform all the other operations exposed by the Mastodon API.
Most of these are available through convenience methods, which validate input parameters and are likely to provide meaningful feedback in case of errors.
Alternatively, this distribution can be used via the low-level request methods (post, get, etc), which allow direct access to the API endpoints. All other methods call one of these at some point.
There are three methods to install libmastodon-client-perl on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmastodon-client-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 libmastodon-client-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmastodon-client-perl
Install libmastodon-client-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmastodon-client-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmastodon-client-perl
Install libmastodon-client-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 libmastodon-client-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmastodon-client-perl
How To Uninstall libmastodon-client-perl on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libmastodon-client-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmastodon-client-perl
Uninstall libmastodon-client-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmastodon-client-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmastodon-client-perl
Remove libmastodon-client-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libmastodon-client-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmastodon-client-perl
Remove libmastodon-client-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmastodon-client-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmastodon-client-perl
Dependencies
libmastodon-client-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmastodon-client-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
