How To Install libterm-ui-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libterm-ui-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libterm-ui-perl is Term

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libterm-ui-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libterm-ui-perl

libterm-ui-perl is:

Term::UI is a transparent way of eliminating the overhead of having to format a question and then validate the reply, informing the user if the answer was not proper and re-issuing the question.

Simply give it the question you want to ask, optionally with choices the user can pick from and a default and Term::UI will DWYM.

For asking a yes or no question, there’s even a shortcut.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libterm-ui-perl

Install libterm-ui-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libterm-ui-perl

Install libterm-ui-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 libterm-ui-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libterm-ui-perl

How To Uninstall libterm-ui-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libterm-ui-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libterm-ui-perl

Uninstall libterm-ui-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libterm-ui-perl

Remove libterm-ui-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libterm-ui-perl

Remove libterm-ui-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libterm-ui-perl

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Summary

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