How To Install libredis-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libredis-perl on Debian 9.
What is libredis-perl
libredis-perl is:
Redis is a key-value database in a similar vein to memcache but the dataset is non-volatile. Redis additionally provides native support for atomically manipulating and querying data structures such as lists and sets.
This package contains the Perl client library.
There are three methods to install libredis-perl on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libredis-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 libredis-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libredis-perl
Install libredis-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libredis-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libredis-perl
Install libredis-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 libredis-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libredis-perl
How To Uninstall libredis-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libredis-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libredis-perl
Uninstall libredis-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libredis-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libredis-perl
Remove libredis-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libredis-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libredis-perl
Remove libredis-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libredis-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libredis-perl
Dependencies
libredis-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libredis-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.