How To Install libshell-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libshell-perl
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libshell-perl
libshell-perl is:
The Shell module is a show case, illustrating a few Perl features. It shouldn’t be used for production programs. Although it does provide a simple interface for obtaining the standard output of arbitrary commands, there may be better ways of achieving what you need.
There are three methods to install libshell-perl
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libshell-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 libshell-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libshell-perl
Install libshell-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libshell-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libshell-perl
Install libshell-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 libshell-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libshell-perl
How To Uninstall libshell-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libshell-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libshell-perl
Uninstall libshell-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libshell-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libshell-perl
Remove libshell-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libshell-perl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libshell-perl
Remove libshell-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libshell-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libshell-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libshell-perl
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.