How To Install libsocket6-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsocket6-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsocket6-perl
libsocket6-perl is:
The Socket6 module supports getaddrinfo() and getnameinfo() to intend to enable protocol independent programming. If your environment supports IPv6, IPv6 related defines such as AF_INET6 are included.
There are three methods to install libsocket6-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 libsocket6-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 libsocket6-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsocket6-perl
Install libsocket6-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsocket6-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsocket6-perl
Install libsocket6-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 libsocket6-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsocket6-perl
How To Uninstall libsocket6-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsocket6-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsocket6-perl
Uninstall libsocket6-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsocket6-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsocket6-perl
Remove libsocket6-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libsocket6-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsocket6-perl
Remove libsocket6-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsocket6-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsocket6-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsocket6-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
