How To Install liburi-encode-perl on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install liburi-encode-perl on Debian 9. liburi-encode-perl is Perl module to encode and decode strings to URIs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liburi-encode-perl on Debian 9.

What is liburi-encode-perl

liburi-encode-perl is:

URI::Encode provides an easy method to encode strings (mainly URLs) into a format which can be pasted into a plain text, so that those links are ‘clickable’ by the person reading it.

If you are looking for speed and want to encode reserved characters, use URI::Escape::XS

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

sudo apt-get -y install liburi-encode-perl

Install liburi-encode-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liburi-encode-perl

Install liburi-encode-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 liburi-encode-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liburi-encode-perl

How To Uninstall liburi-encode-perl on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove liburi-encode-perl

Uninstall liburi-encode-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liburi-encode-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liburi-encode-perl

Remove liburi-encode-perl Configurations and Data

To remove liburi-encode-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liburi-encode-perl

Remove liburi-encode-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liburi-encode-perl

Dependencies

liburi-encode-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liburi-encode-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.