How To Install libstring-similarity-perl on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstring-similarity-perl on Debian 9. libstring-similarity-perl is Perl module for calculating the similarity of two strings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstring-similarity-perl on Debian 9.

What is libstring-similarity-perl

libstring-similarity-perl is:

String::Similarity calculates the similarity index of its two arguments. A value of 0 means that the strings are entirely different. A value of 1 means that the strings are identical. Everything else lies between 0 and 1 and describes the amount of similarity between the strings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libstring-similarity-perl

Install libstring-similarity-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libstring-similarity-perl

Install libstring-similarity-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-similarity-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libstring-similarity-perl

How To Uninstall libstring-similarity-perl on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libstring-similarity-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libstring-similarity-perl

Uninstall libstring-similarity-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libstring-similarity-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstring-similarity-perl

Remove libstring-similarity-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libstring-similarity-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libstring-similarity-perl

Remove libstring-similarity-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libstring-similarity-perl

Dependencies

libstring-similarity-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstring-similarity-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.