How To Install libsnmp-info-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsnmp-info-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsnmp-info-perl
libsnmp-info-perl is:
SNMP::Info gives an object oriented interface to information obtained through SNMP.
The idea behind this module is to give a common interface to data from network devices, leaving the device-specific hacks behind the scenes in subclasses.
The interface avoids use of OIDs in favour of methods representing leaf names, either for single values or tables represented as Perl hashes.
Information is grouped more logically than in the MIB trees. Adding support for new devices is easy, and takes little or no SNMP knowledge.
There are three methods to install libsnmp-info-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 libsnmp-info-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 libsnmp-info-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsnmp-info-perl
Install libsnmp-info-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsnmp-info-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsnmp-info-perl
Install libsnmp-info-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 libsnmp-info-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsnmp-info-perl
How To Uninstall libsnmp-info-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsnmp-info-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsnmp-info-perl
Uninstall libsnmp-info-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsnmp-info-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsnmp-info-perl
Remove libsnmp-info-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libsnmp-info-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsnmp-info-perl
Remove libsnmp-info-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsnmp-info-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsnmp-info-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsnmp-info-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
