How To Install libprotocol-http2-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotocol-http2-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libprotocol-http2-perl is HTTP/2 protocol implementation with client and server libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotocol-http2-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libprotocol-http2-perl

libprotocol-http2-perl is:

Protocol::HTTP2 is HTTP/2 protocol implementation (RFC 7540) with stateful decoders/encoders of HTTP/2 frames. You may use this module to implement your own HTTP/2 client/server/intermediate on top of your favorite event loop over plain or TLS socket.

Protocol::HTTP2::Client is HTTP/2 client library. It’s intended to make HTTP/2 client implementations on top of your favorite event-loop.

Protocol::HTTP2::Server is HTTP/2 server library. It’s intended to make HTTP/2 server implementations on top of your favorite event loop.

There are three methods to install libprotocol-http2-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 libprotocol-http2-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 libprotocol-http2-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libprotocol-http2-perl

Install libprotocol-http2-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libprotocol-http2-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libprotocol-http2-perl

Install libprotocol-http2-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 libprotocol-http2-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libprotocol-http2-perl

How To Uninstall libprotocol-http2-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libprotocol-http2-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libprotocol-http2-perl

Uninstall libprotocol-http2-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libprotocol-http2-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprotocol-http2-perl

Remove libprotocol-http2-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libprotocol-http2-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libprotocol-http2-perl

Remove libprotocol-http2-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libprotocol-http2-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprotocol-http2-perl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotocol-http2-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.