How To Install libpod-elemental-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpod-elemental-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libpod-elemental-perl is module for manipulating POD elements

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpod-elemental-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libpod-elemental-perl

libpod-elemental-perl is:

Pod::Elemental is a system for treating Perl’s Plain Old Documentation (POD) format as trees of elements. This model is similar in nature to, though less sophisticated than, the HTML Document Object Model (DOM). This makes it easy to perform many different transformations on the document data.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpod-elemental-perl

Install libpod-elemental-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpod-elemental-perl

Install libpod-elemental-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 libpod-elemental-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpod-elemental-perl

How To Uninstall libpod-elemental-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libpod-elemental-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpod-elemental-perl

Uninstall libpod-elemental-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpod-elemental-perl

Remove libpod-elemental-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libpod-elemental-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpod-elemental-perl

Remove libpod-elemental-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpod-elemental-perl

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Summary

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