How To Install libpoe-component-client-ping-perl on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpoe-component-client-ping-perl on Debian 9. libpoe-component-client-ping-perl is ICMP ping client component for POE

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpoe-component-client-ping-perl on Debian 9.

What is libpoe-component-client-ping-perl

libpoe-component-client-ping-perl is:

POE::Component::Client::Ping is an asynchronous, event driven client for ICMP ping. It accepts events containing the specifics of ICMP ping requests, and it returns events carrying the results of those pings.

Ping client components are not proper objects. Instead of being created, as most objects are, they are “spawned” as separate sessions. To avoid confusion (and hopefully not cause other confusion), they must be spawned with a spawn method, not created anew with a new one.

There are three methods to install libpoe-component-client-ping-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 libpoe-component-client-ping-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 libpoe-component-client-ping-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpoe-component-client-ping-perl

Install libpoe-component-client-ping-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpoe-component-client-ping-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpoe-component-client-ping-perl

Install libpoe-component-client-ping-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 libpoe-component-client-ping-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpoe-component-client-ping-perl

How To Uninstall libpoe-component-client-ping-perl on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libpoe-component-client-ping-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpoe-component-client-ping-perl

Uninstall libpoe-component-client-ping-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpoe-component-client-ping-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpoe-component-client-ping-perl

Remove libpoe-component-client-ping-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libpoe-component-client-ping-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpoe-component-client-ping-perl

Remove libpoe-component-client-ping-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpoe-component-client-ping-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpoe-component-client-ping-perl

Dependencies

libpoe-component-client-ping-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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