How To Install libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl is Perlbal extension for processing HTTP headers faster

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl

libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl is:

Perlbal::XS::HTTPHeaders is used to read HTTP headers from a string and to parse them into an internal storage format for easy access and modification. You can also ask the module to reconstitute the headers into one big string, useful if you’re writing a proxy and need to read and write headers while maintaining the ability to modify individual parts of the whole.

The goal is to be fast. This is a lot faster than doing all of the text processing in Perl directly, and a lot of the flexibility of Perl is maintained by implementing the library in Perl and descending from Perlbal::HTTPHeaders.

There are three methods to install libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-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 libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-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 libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl

Install libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl

Install libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-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 libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl

How To Uninstall libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl

Uninstall libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl

Remove libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl

Remove libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libperlbal-xs-httpheaders-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.