How To Install libtk-objscanner-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtk-objscanner-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. libtk-objscanner-perl is Tk viewer for perl data structures

Introduction

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

What is libtk-objscanner-perl

libtk-objscanner-perl is:

Tk::ObjScanner from CPAN provides a GUI to scan the attributes of an object. It can also be used to scan the elements of a hash or an array.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtk-objscanner-perl

Install libtk-objscanner-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtk-objscanner-perl

Install libtk-objscanner-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 libtk-objscanner-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtk-objscanner-perl

How To Uninstall libtk-objscanner-perl on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libtk-objscanner-perl

Uninstall libtk-objscanner-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtk-objscanner-perl

Remove libtk-objscanner-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libtk-objscanner-perl

Remove libtk-objscanner-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtk-objscanner-perl

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Summary

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