How To Install libnumber-compare-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnumber-compare-perl
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libnumber-compare-perl
libnumber-compare-perl is:
Number::Compare allows one to compile a simple comparison to an anonymous subroutine, which can then be called with a value to be tested against.
The advantage of using this module is that it understands both the SI prefixes ‘k’, ‘M’, and ‘G’, as well as the IEC binary prefixes ‘Ki’, ‘Mi’ and ‘Gi’.
There are three methods to install libnumber-compare-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 libnumber-compare-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 libnumber-compare-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnumber-compare-perl
Install libnumber-compare-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnumber-compare-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnumber-compare-perl
Install libnumber-compare-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 libnumber-compare-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnumber-compare-perl
How To Uninstall libnumber-compare-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libnumber-compare-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnumber-compare-perl
Uninstall libnumber-compare-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnumber-compare-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnumber-compare-perl
Remove libnumber-compare-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libnumber-compare-perl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnumber-compare-perl
Remove libnumber-compare-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnumber-compare-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnumber-compare-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnumber-compare-perl
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.