How To Install libsearch-xapian-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsearch-xapian-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsearch-xapian-perl
libsearch-xapian-perl is:
Search::Xapian provides Perl bindings for the Xapian Open Source Search Engine library.
The Xapian search engine library is a highly adaptable toolkit which allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to their own applications. It implements the probabilistic model of information retrieval, and provides facilities for performing ranked free-text searches, relevance feedback, phrase searching, boolean searching, stemming, and simultaneous update and searching. It is highly scalable and is capable of working with collections containing hundreds of millions of documents.
There are three methods to install libsearch-xapian-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsearch-xapian-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 libsearch-xapian-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsearch-xapian-perl
Install libsearch-xapian-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsearch-xapian-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsearch-xapian-perl
Install libsearch-xapian-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libsearch-xapian-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsearch-xapian-perl
How To Uninstall libsearch-xapian-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsearch-xapian-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsearch-xapian-perl
Uninstall libsearch-xapian-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsearch-xapian-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsearch-xapian-perl
Remove libsearch-xapian-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libsearch-xapian-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsearch-xapian-perl
Remove libsearch-xapian-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsearch-xapian-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsearch-xapian-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsearch-xapian-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
