How To Install libtimedate-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtimedate-perl on Debian 9.
What is libtimedate-perl
libtimedate-perl is:
TimeDate is a collection of Perl modules useful for manipulating date and time information. Date::Parse can parse absolute date specifications in a wide variety of input formats and many languages (via Date::Language).
This package also includes Date::Format, which can format dates into strings, as well as Time::Zone, which contains miscellaneous time zone functions.
There are three methods to install libtimedate-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 libtimedate-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 libtimedate-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtimedate-perl
Install libtimedate-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtimedate-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtimedate-perl
Install libtimedate-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 libtimedate-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtimedate-perl
How To Uninstall libtimedate-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libtimedate-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtimedate-perl
Uninstall libtimedate-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtimedate-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtimedate-perl
Remove libtimedate-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libtimedate-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtimedate-perl
Remove libtimedate-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtimedate-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtimedate-perl
Dependencies
libtimedate-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtimedate-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.