How To Install libmojolicious-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmojolicious-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libmojolicious-perl is simple, yet powerful, Web Application Framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmojolicious-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libmojolicious-perl

libmojolicious-perl is:

Mojolicious is a Perl Web Application Framework built around the familiar Model-View-Controller philosophy. It supports a simple single file mode via Mojolicious::Lite, RESTful routes, plugins, Perl-ish templates, session management, signed cookies, a testing framework, internationalization, first class Unicode support, and more.

The package also provides the morbo and hypnotoad (development) web servers and the mojo command line script.

There are three methods to install libmojolicious-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 libmojolicious-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 libmojolicious-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmojolicious-perl

Install libmojolicious-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmojolicious-perl

Install libmojolicious-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 libmojolicious-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmojolicious-perl

How To Uninstall libmojolicious-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libmojolicious-perl

Uninstall libmojolicious-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmojolicious-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmojolicious-perl

Remove libmojolicious-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libmojolicious-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmojolicious-perl

Remove libmojolicious-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmojolicious-perl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmojolicious-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.