How To Install libmetacpan-client-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetacpan-client-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmetacpan-client-perl
libmetacpan-client-perl is:
MetaCPAN::Client is a hopefully-complete API-compliant client to MetaCPAN (https://metacpan.org) with DWIM capabilities, to make your life easier.
This module has three purposes:
- Provide 100% of the MetaCPAN API
- Be lightweight, to allow flexible usage
- DWIM
There are three methods to install libmetacpan-client-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 libmetacpan-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 libmetacpan-client-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmetacpan-client-perl
Install libmetacpan-client-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmetacpan-client-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmetacpan-client-perl
Install libmetacpan-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmetacpan-client-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmetacpan-client-perl
How To Uninstall libmetacpan-client-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmetacpan-client-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmetacpan-client-perl
Uninstall libmetacpan-client-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmetacpan-client-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmetacpan-client-perl
Remove libmetacpan-client-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libmetacpan-client-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmetacpan-client-perl
Remove libmetacpan-client-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmetacpan-client-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmetacpan-client-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetacpan-client-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
