How To Install libow-perl on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libow-perl on Debian 12.
What is libow-perl
libow-perl is:
The 1-Wire bus is a cheap low-speed bus for devices like weather sensors, access control, etc. It can be attached to your system via serial, USB, I2C, and other interfaces.
Perl bindings for the OWFS 1-wire support library have been produced with SWIG and allow access to libow functions from perl code.
There are three methods to install libow-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 libow-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 libow-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libow-perl
Install libow-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libow-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libow-perl
Install libow-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 libow-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libow-perl
How To Uninstall libow-perl on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libow-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libow-perl
Uninstall libow-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libow-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libow-perl
Remove libow-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libow-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libow-perl
Remove libow-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libow-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libow-perl
Dependencies
libow-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libow-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
