How To Install libtoml-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtoml-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtoml-perl
libtoml-perl is:
TOML implements a parser for Tom’s Obvious, Minimal Language, as defined at https://github.com/mojombo/toml.
TOML aims to be a minimal configuration file format that is easy to read due to obvious semantics. It is designed to map unambiguously to a hash table and it is easy to parse into data structures in a wide variety of languages.
There are three methods to install libtoml-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 libtoml-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 libtoml-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtoml-perl
Install libtoml-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtoml-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtoml-perl
Install libtoml-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 libtoml-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtoml-perl
How To Uninstall libtoml-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtoml-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtoml-perl
Uninstall libtoml-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtoml-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtoml-perl
Remove libtoml-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libtoml-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtoml-perl
Remove libtoml-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtoml-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtoml-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtoml-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.