How To Install libprivileges-drop-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprivileges-drop-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libprivileges-drop-perl
libprivileges-drop-perl is:
Privileges::Drop tries to simplify the process of dropping privileges. This can be useful when your Perl program needs to bind to privileged ports, etc. This module is much like Proc::UID, except that it’s implemented in pure Perl. Special care has been taken to also drop saved uid on platforms that support this, currently only tested on Linux.
There are three methods to install libprivileges-drop-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 libprivileges-drop-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 libprivileges-drop-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libprivileges-drop-perl
Install libprivileges-drop-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libprivileges-drop-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libprivileges-drop-perl
Install libprivileges-drop-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 libprivileges-drop-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libprivileges-drop-perl
How To Uninstall libprivileges-drop-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libprivileges-drop-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libprivileges-drop-perl
Uninstall libprivileges-drop-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libprivileges-drop-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprivileges-drop-perl
Remove libprivileges-drop-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libprivileges-drop-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libprivileges-drop-perl
Remove libprivileges-drop-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libprivileges-drop-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprivileges-drop-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libprivileges-drop-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
