How To Install libstatistics-descriptive-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libstatistics-descriptive-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libstatistics-descriptive-perl is Perl module for basic descriptive statistical functions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstatistics-descriptive-perl on Debian 10.

What is libstatistics-descriptive-perl

libstatistics-descriptive-perl is:

Statistics::Descriptive provides basic functions used in descriptive statistics. It has an object oriented design and supports two different types of data storage and calculation objects: sparse and full. With the sparse method, none of the data is stored and only a few statistical measures are available. Using the full method, the entire data set is retained and additional functions are available.

There are three methods to install libstatistics-descriptive-perl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libstatistics-descriptive-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 libstatistics-descriptive-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libstatistics-descriptive-perl

Install libstatistics-descriptive-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libstatistics-descriptive-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libstatistics-descriptive-perl

Install libstatistics-descriptive-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 libstatistics-descriptive-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libstatistics-descriptive-perl

How To Uninstall libstatistics-descriptive-perl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libstatistics-descriptive-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libstatistics-descriptive-perl

Uninstall libstatistics-descriptive-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libstatistics-descriptive-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstatistics-descriptive-perl

Remove libstatistics-descriptive-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libstatistics-descriptive-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libstatistics-descriptive-perl

Remove libstatistics-descriptive-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libstatistics-descriptive-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libstatistics-descriptive-perl

Dependencies

libstatistics-descriptive-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstatistics-descriptive-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.