How To Install libprotocol-irc-perl on Debian 12

Learn how to install libprotocol-irc-perl on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libprotocol-irc-perl is IRC protocol handling

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotocol-irc-perl on Debian 12.

What is libprotocol-irc-perl

libprotocol-irc-perl is:

This mix-in class provides a base layer of IRC message handling logic. It allows reading of IRC messages from a string buffer and dispatching them to handler methods on its instance.

Protocol::IRC::Client provides an extension to this logic that may be more convenient for IRC client implementations. Much of the code provided here is still useful in client applications, so the reader should be familiar with both modules.

There are three methods to install libprotocol-irc-perl on Debian 12. 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-irc-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-irc-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install libprotocol-irc-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libprotocol-irc-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libprotocol-irc-perl

How To Uninstall libprotocol-irc-perl on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libprotocol-irc-perl

Uninstall libprotocol-irc-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libprotocol-irc-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

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

Remove libprotocol-irc-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libprotocol-irc-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libprotocol-irc-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprotocol-irc-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.