How To Install libscalar-string-perl on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libscalar-string-perl on Debian 12.
What is libscalar-string-perl
libscalar-string-perl is:
Scalar::String is about the string part of plain Perl scalars. A scalar has a string value, which is notionally a sequence of Unicode codepoints, but may be internally encoded in either ISO-8859-1 or UTF-8. In places, and more so in older versions of Perl, the internal encoding shows through. To fully understand Perl strings it is necessary to understand these implementation details.
This module provides functions to classify a string by encoding and to encode a string in a desired way.
There are three methods to install libscalar-string-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 libscalar-string-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 libscalar-string-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libscalar-string-perl
Install libscalar-string-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libscalar-string-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libscalar-string-perl
Install libscalar-string-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 libscalar-string-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libscalar-string-perl
How To Uninstall libscalar-string-perl on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libscalar-string-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libscalar-string-perl
Uninstall libscalar-string-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libscalar-string-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscalar-string-perl
Remove libscalar-string-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libscalar-string-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libscalar-string-perl
Remove libscalar-string-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libscalar-string-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libscalar-string-perl
Dependencies
libscalar-string-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libscalar-string-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
