How To Install libnet-ntp-perl on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet-ntp-perl on Debian 9.

What is libnet-ntp-perl

libnet-ntp-perl is:

Net::NTP is a small perl module to query an NTP (Network Time Protocol) time server for the current time. It exports a single method (get_ntp_response) and returns an associative array based upon RFC1305 and RFC2030. The response from the server is “humanized” to a point that further processing of the information received from the server can be manipulated. For example: timestamps are in epoch, so one could use the localtime function to produce an even more “human” representation of the timestamp.

There are three methods to install libnet-ntp-perl on Debian 9. 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-ntp-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-ntp-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnet-ntp-perl

Install libnet-ntp-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnet-ntp-perl

Install libnet-ntp-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-ntp-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnet-ntp-perl

How To Uninstall libnet-ntp-perl on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libnet-ntp-perl

Uninstall libnet-ntp-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnet-ntp-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnet-ntp-perl

Remove libnet-ntp-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libnet-ntp-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnet-ntp-perl

Remove libnet-ntp-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnet-ntp-perl

Dependencies

libnet-ntp-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• netbase

References

• libnet-ntp-perl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet-ntp-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.