How To Install libreadonly-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libreadonly-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libreadonly-perl is facility for creating read-only scalars, arrays and hashes

Introduction

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

What is libreadonly-perl

libreadonly-perl is:

Readonly is a facility for creating non-modifiable variables. This is useful for configuration files, headers, etc. It can also be useful as a development and debugging tool, for catching updates to variables that should not be changed.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libreadonly-perl

Install libreadonly-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreadonly-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libreadonly-perl

How To Uninstall libreadonly-perl on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libreadonly-perl

Uninstall libreadonly-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreadonly-perl

Remove libreadonly-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libreadonly-perl

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

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

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

Dependencies

libreadonly-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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