How To Install libstring-compare-constanttime-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libstring-compare-constanttime-perl on Debian 9.
What is libstring-compare-constanttime-perl
libstring-compare-constanttime-perl is:
String::Compare::ConstantTime provides one function, equals(), which takes two strings of the same lengh as arguments. It will return true if they are string-wise identical and false otherwise, just like eq. However, comparing any two differing strings will take a fixed amount of time, unlike eq.
There are three methods to install libstring-compare-constanttime-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 libstring-compare-constanttime-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 libstring-compare-constanttime-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libstring-compare-constanttime-perl
Install libstring-compare-constanttime-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libstring-compare-constanttime-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libstring-compare-constanttime-perl
Install libstring-compare-constanttime-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 libstring-compare-constanttime-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libstring-compare-constanttime-perl
How To Uninstall libstring-compare-constanttime-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libstring-compare-constanttime-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libstring-compare-constanttime-perl
Uninstall libstring-compare-constanttime-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libstring-compare-constanttime-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstring-compare-constanttime-perl
Remove libstring-compare-constanttime-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libstring-compare-constanttime-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libstring-compare-constanttime-perl
Remove libstring-compare-constanttime-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libstring-compare-constanttime-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libstring-compare-constanttime-perl
Dependencies
libstring-compare-constanttime-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libstring-compare-constanttime-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.