How To Install libperlio-layers-perl on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libperlio-layers-perl on Debian 9. libperlio-layers-perl is Perl module to query a filehandles capabilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libperlio-layers-perl on Debian 9.

What is libperlio-layers-perl

libperlio-layers-perl is:

Perl’s filehandles are implemented as a stack of layers, with the bottom-most usually doing the actual IO and the higher ones doing buffering, encoding/decoding or transformations. PerlIO::Layers allows you to query the filehandle’s properties concerning these layers.

There are three methods to install libperlio-layers-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 libperlio-layers-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 libperlio-layers-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libperlio-layers-perl

Install libperlio-layers-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libperlio-layers-perl

Install libperlio-layers-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 libperlio-layers-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libperlio-layers-perl

How To Uninstall libperlio-layers-perl on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libperlio-layers-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libperlio-layers-perl

Uninstall libperlio-layers-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libperlio-layers-perl

Remove libperlio-layers-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libperlio-layers-perl

Remove libperlio-layers-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libperlio-layers-perl

Dependencies

libperlio-layers-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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