How To Install libsession-token-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsession-token-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsession-token-perl
libsession-token-perl is:
Session::Token provides a secure, efficient, and simple interface for creating session tokens, password reset codes, temporary passwords, random identifiers, and anything else you can think of.
This module is one of the recommended password generators in the comparison conducted by Neil Bowers (http://neilb.org/reviews/passwords.html) and is characterized as “is very fast and takes random number generation very seriously”.
There are three methods to install libsession-token-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 libsession-token-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 libsession-token-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsession-token-perl
Install libsession-token-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsession-token-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsession-token-perl
Install libsession-token-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 libsession-token-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsession-token-perl
How To Uninstall libsession-token-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsession-token-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsession-token-perl
Uninstall libsession-token-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsession-token-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsession-token-perl
Remove libsession-token-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libsession-token-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsession-token-perl
Remove libsession-token-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsession-token-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsession-token-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsession-token-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
