How To Install libmodule-cpanfile-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libmodule-cpanfile-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libmodule-cpanfile-perl is format for describing CPAN dependencies of Perl applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodule-cpanfile-perl on Debian 10.

What is libmodule-cpanfile-perl

libmodule-cpanfile-perl is:

Module::CPANfile is a tool to handle cpanfile format to load application specific dependencies, not just for CPAN distributions.

cpanfile describes CPAN dependencies required to execute associated Perl code.

Place the cpanfile in the root of the directory containing the associated code. For instance, in a Catalyst application, place the cpanfile in the same directory as myapp.conf.

Tools supporting cpanfile format (e.g. cpanm and carton) will automatically detect the file and install dependencies for the code to run.

There are three methods to install libmodule-cpanfile-perl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmodule-cpanfile-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 libmodule-cpanfile-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmodule-cpanfile-perl

Install libmodule-cpanfile-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmodule-cpanfile-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmodule-cpanfile-perl

Install libmodule-cpanfile-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 libmodule-cpanfile-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmodule-cpanfile-perl

How To Uninstall libmodule-cpanfile-perl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libmodule-cpanfile-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmodule-cpanfile-perl

Uninstall libmodule-cpanfile-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmodule-cpanfile-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmodule-cpanfile-perl

Remove libmodule-cpanfile-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libmodule-cpanfile-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmodule-cpanfile-perl

Remove libmodule-cpanfile-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmodule-cpanfile-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmodule-cpanfile-perl

Dependencies

libmodule-cpanfile-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodule-cpanfile-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.