How To Install libmultidimensional-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmultidimensional-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmultidimensional-perl
libmultidimensional-perl is:
Perl’s multidimensional array emulation stems from the days before the language had references, but these days it mostly serves to bite you when you typo a hash slice by using the $ sigil instead of @.
This module lexically makes using multidimensional array emulation a fatal error at compile time. To enable it, simply say
no multidimensional;
at the beginning of your script.
There are three methods to install libmultidimensional-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 libmultidimensional-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 libmultidimensional-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmultidimensional-perl
Install libmultidimensional-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmultidimensional-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmultidimensional-perl
Install libmultidimensional-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 libmultidimensional-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmultidimensional-perl
How To Uninstall libmultidimensional-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmultidimensional-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmultidimensional-perl
Uninstall libmultidimensional-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmultidimensional-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmultidimensional-perl
Remove libmultidimensional-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libmultidimensional-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmultidimensional-perl
Remove libmultidimensional-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmultidimensional-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmultidimensional-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmultidimensional-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
