How To Install libnews-article-perl on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnews-article-perl on Debian 10.
What is libnews-article-perl
libnews-article-perl is:
Provides News::Article, News::FormArticle, News::AutoReply, and News::FormReply, which are Perl modules for manipulating Usenet articles and mail messages. Supported capabilities include modifying headers, signing articles with either the PGPMoose or pgpverify algorithms, posting and mailing articles, and instantiating them from templates. It was primarily written for use by gateways and moderation programs.
There are three methods to install libnews-article-perl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnews-article-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 libnews-article-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnews-article-perl
Install libnews-article-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnews-article-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnews-article-perl
Install libnews-article-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 libnews-article-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnews-article-perl
How To Uninstall libnews-article-perl on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libnews-article-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnews-article-perl
Uninstall libnews-article-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnews-article-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnews-article-perl
Remove libnews-article-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libnews-article-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnews-article-perl
Remove libnews-article-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnews-article-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnews-article-perl
Dependencies
libnews-article-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnews-article-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.