How To Install libmldbm-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmldbm-perl
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libmldbm-perl
libmldbm-perl is:
The MLDBM perl module can be used to store multidimensional hash structures in tied hashes (including DBM files).
It depends on the Data::Dumper module and by default uses the SDBM tied hash. But you can use it with DB_File (and others DBM modules). You can also use other serializing packages like Storable and FreezeThaw.
There are three methods to install libmldbm-perl
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmldbm-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 libmldbm-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmldbm-perl
Install libmldbm-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmldbm-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmldbm-perl
Install libmldbm-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 libmldbm-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmldbm-perl
How To Uninstall libmldbm-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libmldbm-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmldbm-perl
Uninstall libmldbm-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmldbm-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmldbm-perl
Remove libmldbm-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libmldbm-perl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmldbm-perl
Remove libmldbm-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmldbm-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmldbm-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmldbm-perl
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.