How To Install libpackage-variant-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpackage-variant-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpackage-variant-perl
libpackage-variant-perl is:
Package::Variant allows you to build a variable package that contains a package template and can use it to build variant packages at runtime.
Your variable package will export a subroutine which will build a variant package, combining its arguments with the template, and return the name of the new variant package.
The implementation does not care about what kind of packages it builds, be they simple function exporters, classes, singletons or something entirely different.
There are three methods to install libpackage-variant-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 libpackage-variant-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 libpackage-variant-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpackage-variant-perl
Install libpackage-variant-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpackage-variant-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpackage-variant-perl
Install libpackage-variant-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 libpackage-variant-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpackage-variant-perl
How To Uninstall libpackage-variant-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpackage-variant-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpackage-variant-perl
Uninstall libpackage-variant-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpackage-variant-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpackage-variant-perl
Remove libpackage-variant-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libpackage-variant-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpackage-variant-perl
Remove libpackage-variant-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpackage-variant-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpackage-variant-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpackage-variant-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
