How To Install libnativecall-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnativecall-perl
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnativecall-perl
libnativecall-perl is:
The NativeCall module calls into dynamic libraries that follow the C calling convention in order to write simple library bindings.
It mimics the NativeCall module and interface from Perl 6.
Under the hood, it uses FFI::Platypus, inheritance and attributes.
There are three methods to install libnativecall-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 libnativecall-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 libnativecall-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnativecall-perl
Install libnativecall-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnativecall-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnativecall-perl
Install libnativecall-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 libnativecall-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnativecall-perl
How To Uninstall libnativecall-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnativecall-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnativecall-perl
Uninstall libnativecall-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnativecall-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnativecall-perl
Remove libnativecall-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libnativecall-perl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnativecall-perl
Remove libnativecall-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnativecall-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnativecall-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnativecall-perl
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.