How To Install libmatch-simple-xs-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmatch-simple-xs-perl on Debian 9.
What is libmatch-simple-xs-perl
libmatch-simple-xs-perl is:
match::simple::XS is a faster XS-based implementation of match::simple.
Depending on what sort of matches done, it is likely to be several times faster. In extreme cases, such as matching a string in an arrayref, it can be twenty-five times faster, or more. However, where $that is a single regexp, it’s around 30% slower.
Overall though, the performance improvement should be worthwhile.
There are three methods to install libmatch-simple-xs-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 libmatch-simple-xs-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 libmatch-simple-xs-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmatch-simple-xs-perl
Install libmatch-simple-xs-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmatch-simple-xs-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmatch-simple-xs-perl
Install libmatch-simple-xs-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 libmatch-simple-xs-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmatch-simple-xs-perl
How To Uninstall libmatch-simple-xs-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmatch-simple-xs-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmatch-simple-xs-perl
Uninstall libmatch-simple-xs-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmatch-simple-xs-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmatch-simple-xs-perl
Remove libmatch-simple-xs-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libmatch-simple-xs-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmatch-simple-xs-perl
Remove libmatch-simple-xs-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmatch-simple-xs-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmatch-simple-xs-perl
Dependencies
libmatch-simple-xs-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmatch-simple-xs-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.