How To Install libsoftware-license-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoftware-license-perl
on Debian 9.
What is libsoftware-license-perl
libsoftware-license-perl is:
Software::License is a Perl module used by various tools for module building, installation, and distribution to provide a simple way of referencing popular free and open-source software licenses.
There are three methods to install libsoftware-license-perl
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsoftware-license-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 libsoftware-license-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsoftware-license-perl
Install libsoftware-license-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsoftware-license-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsoftware-license-perl
Install libsoftware-license-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libsoftware-license-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsoftware-license-perl
How To Uninstall libsoftware-license-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libsoftware-license-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsoftware-license-perl
Uninstall libsoftware-license-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsoftware-license-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsoftware-license-perl
Remove libsoftware-license-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libsoftware-license-perl
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsoftware-license-perl
Remove libsoftware-license-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsoftware-license-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsoftware-license-perl
Dependencies
libsoftware-license-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsoftware-license-perl
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.