How To Install libvm-ec2-perl on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvm-ec2-perl on Debian 10.
What is libvm-ec2-perl
libvm-ec2-perl is:
This is an interface to the 2014-05-01 version of the Amazon AWS API (http://aws.amazon.com/ec2). It was written provide access to the new tag and metadata interface that is not currently supported by Net::Amazon::EC2, as well as to provide developers with an extension mechanism for the API. This library will also support the Eucalyptus open source cloud (http://open.eucalyptus.com).
The main interface is the VM::EC2 object, which provides methods for interrogating the Amazon EC2, launching instances, and managing instance lifecycle.
There are three methods to install libvm-ec2-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 libvm-ec2-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 libvm-ec2-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvm-ec2-perl
Install libvm-ec2-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvm-ec2-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvm-ec2-perl
Install libvm-ec2-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 libvm-ec2-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvm-ec2-perl
How To Uninstall libvm-ec2-perl on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libvm-ec2-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvm-ec2-perl
Uninstall libvm-ec2-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvm-ec2-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvm-ec2-perl
Remove libvm-ec2-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libvm-ec2-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvm-ec2-perl
Remove libvm-ec2-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvm-ec2-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvm-ec2-perl
Dependencies
libvm-ec2-perl have the following dependencies:
- perl
- libanyevent-cachedns-perl
- libanyevent-http-perl
- libanyevent-perl
- libjson-perl
- libstring-approx-perl
- liburi-perl
- libwww-perl
- libxml-simple-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvm-ec2-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
