How To Install libthrowable-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libthrowable-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libthrowable-perl is role for classes that can be thrown

Introduction

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

What is libthrowable-perl

libthrowable-perl is:

Throwable is a role for classes that are meant to be thrown as exceptions to standard program flow. It automatically saves any previous value for $@ and calls die $self.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libthrowable-perl

Install libthrowable-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libthrowable-perl

Install libthrowable-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 libthrowable-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libthrowable-perl

How To Uninstall libthrowable-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libthrowable-perl

Uninstall libthrowable-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libthrowable-perl

Remove libthrowable-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libthrowable-perl

Remove libthrowable-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libthrowable-perl

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Summary

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