How To Install libstatistics-online-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstatistics-online-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libstatistics-online-perl is module to perform statistic operations on large datasets

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstatistics-online-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libstatistics-online-perl

libstatistics-online-perl is:

Statistics::OnLine is a pure Perl implementation of the on-line algorithm to produce statistics on large datasets which, typically, could not fit the memory of the machine, e.g. a stream of data from the network.

There are three methods to install libstatistics-online-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 libstatistics-online-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-online-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install libstatistics-online-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libstatistics-online-perl

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

sudo aptitude -y install libstatistics-online-perl

How To Uninstall libstatistics-online-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libstatistics-online-perl

Uninstall libstatistics-online-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libstatistics-online-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

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

Remove libstatistics-online-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libstatistics-online-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstatistics-online-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.