How To Install libtime-duration-perl on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtime-duration-perl on Debian 10.
What is libtime-duration-perl
libtime-duration-perl is:
Time::Duration provides functions for expressing time spans in rounded or exact terms. So while
say duration_exact(86399);
will correctly give “23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds”,
say ago(86399);
will output the rounded time span as “1 day ago”.
The provided functions are duration(), ago(), from_now(), later() and earlier(), along with their *_exact counterparts. The precision used for rounding can be specified, and version 1.10 added a millisecond mode.
There are three methods to install libtime-duration-perl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libtime-duration-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 libtime-duration-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtime-duration-perl
Install libtime-duration-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtime-duration-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtime-duration-perl
Install libtime-duration-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 libtime-duration-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtime-duration-perl
How To Uninstall libtime-duration-perl on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libtime-duration-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtime-duration-perl
Uninstall libtime-duration-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtime-duration-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtime-duration-perl
Remove libtime-duration-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libtime-duration-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtime-duration-perl
Remove libtime-duration-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtime-duration-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtime-duration-perl
Dependencies
libtime-duration-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtime-duration-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
