How To Install libobject-signature-perl on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libobject-signature-perl on Debian 12.
What is libobject-signature-perl
libobject-signature-perl is:
Object::Signature is an abstract base class that you can inherit from in order to allow your objects to generate unique cryptographic signatures.
The method used to generate the signature is based on Storable and Digest::MD5. The object is fed to “Storable::nfreeze” to get a string, which is then passed to Digest::MD5::md5_hex to get a unique 32 character hexadecimal signature.
There are three methods to install libobject-signature-perl on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libobject-signature-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 libobject-signature-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libobject-signature-perl
Install libobject-signature-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libobject-signature-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libobject-signature-perl
Install libobject-signature-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 libobject-signature-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libobject-signature-perl
How To Uninstall libobject-signature-perl on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libobject-signature-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libobject-signature-perl
Uninstall libobject-signature-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libobject-signature-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libobject-signature-perl
Remove libobject-signature-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libobject-signature-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libobject-signature-perl
Remove libobject-signature-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libobject-signature-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libobject-signature-perl
Dependencies
libobject-signature-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libobject-signature-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.