How To Install libtext-iconv-perl on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtext-iconv-perl on Debian 11.
What is libtext-iconv-perl
libtext-iconv-perl is:
The iconv() family of functions from XPG4 defines an API for converting between character sets (e.g. UTF-8 to Latin1, EBCDIC to ASCII). They are provided by libc6.
This package allows access to them from Perl via the Text::Iconv package.
There are three methods to install libtext-iconv-perl on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libtext-iconv-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 libtext-iconv-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtext-iconv-perl
Install libtext-iconv-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtext-iconv-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtext-iconv-perl
Install libtext-iconv-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 libtext-iconv-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtext-iconv-perl
How To Uninstall libtext-iconv-perl on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libtext-iconv-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtext-iconv-perl
Uninstall libtext-iconv-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtext-iconv-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtext-iconv-perl
Remove libtext-iconv-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libtext-iconv-perl configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtext-iconv-perl
Remove libtext-iconv-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtext-iconv-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtext-iconv-perl
Dependencies
libtext-iconv-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtext-iconv-perl package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.