How To Install libperl-version-perl on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libperl-version-perl on Debian 9. libperl-version-perl is module to parse and manipulate Perl version strings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libperl-version-perl on Debian 9.

What is libperl-version-perl

libperl-version-perl is:

Perl::Version provides a simple interface for parsing, manipulating and formatting Perl version strings.

Unlike version.pm (which concentrates on parsing and comparing version strings) Perl::Version is designed for cases where you’d like to parse a version, modify it and get back the modified version formatted like the original.

There are three methods to install libperl-version-perl on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libperl-version-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 libperl-version-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libperl-version-perl

Install libperl-version-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libperl-version-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libperl-version-perl

Install libperl-version-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 libperl-version-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libperl-version-perl

How To Uninstall libperl-version-perl on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libperl-version-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libperl-version-perl

Uninstall libperl-version-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libperl-version-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libperl-version-perl

Remove libperl-version-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libperl-version-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libperl-version-perl

Remove libperl-version-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libperl-version-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libperl-version-perl

Dependencies

libperl-version-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libperl-version-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.