How To Install libqdbm-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libqdbm-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libqdbm-perl is QDBM Database Libraries for Perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqdbm-perl on Debian 10.

What is libqdbm-perl

libqdbm-perl is:

QDBM is an embedded database library compatible with GDBM and NDBM. It features hash database and B+ tree database and is developed referring to GDBM for the purpose of the following three points: higher processing speed, smaller size of a database file, and simpler API. This package provides the Perl interface for the QDBM database library.

There are three methods to install libqdbm-perl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libqdbm-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 libqdbm-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libqdbm-perl

Install libqdbm-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libqdbm-perl

Install libqdbm-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 libqdbm-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libqdbm-perl

How To Uninstall libqdbm-perl on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libqdbm-perl

Uninstall libqdbm-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libqdbm-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqdbm-perl

Remove libqdbm-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libqdbm-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libqdbm-perl

Remove libqdbm-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqdbm-perl

Dependencies

libqdbm-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqdbm-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.