How To Install libnet-netmask-perl on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet-netmask-perl on Debian 11.
What is libnet-netmask-perl
libnet-netmask-perl is:
Net::Netmask parses and understands IPv4 and IPv6 CIDR blocks. It’s built with an object-oriented interface, with functions being methods that operate on a Net::Netmask object.
These methods provide nearly all types of information about a network block that you might want.
There are also functions to insert a network block into a table and then later lookup network blocks by IP address using that table. There are functions to turn a IP address range into a list of CIDR blocks. There are functions to turn a list of CIDR blocks into a list of IP addresses.
There is a function for sorting by text IP address.
All functions understand both IPv4 and IPv6. Matches, finds, etc, will always return false when an IPv4 address is matched against an IPv6 address.
There are three methods to install libnet-netmask-perl on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnet-netmask-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 libnet-netmask-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnet-netmask-perl
Install libnet-netmask-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnet-netmask-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnet-netmask-perl
Install libnet-netmask-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 libnet-netmask-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnet-netmask-perl
How To Uninstall libnet-netmask-perl on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libnet-netmask-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnet-netmask-perl
Uninstall libnet-netmask-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnet-netmask-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnet-netmask-perl
Remove libnet-netmask-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libnet-netmask-perl configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnet-netmask-perl
Remove libnet-netmask-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnet-netmask-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnet-netmask-perl
Dependencies
libnet-netmask-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet-netmask-perl package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.