How To Install libwhisker2-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwhisker2-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwhisker2-perl
libwhisker2-perl is:
This package provides LibWhisker 2 (LW2), a flexible, portable and self-contained Perl module implementing fast and small replacements to the usual HTTP testing functions, as available in LWP, URI, HTML::Parser, MIME::Base64, etc.
It supports: - HTTP 0.9, 1.0, and 1.1; - persistent connections (with keep-alives); - proxying; - anti-IDS features; - SSL (through libnet-ssleay-perl); - chunked encoding; - basic and NTLM authentication.
There are three methods to install libwhisker2-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 libwhisker2-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 libwhisker2-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwhisker2-perl
Install libwhisker2-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwhisker2-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwhisker2-perl
Install libwhisker2-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 libwhisker2-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwhisker2-perl
How To Uninstall libwhisker2-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwhisker2-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwhisker2-perl
Uninstall libwhisker2-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwhisker2-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwhisker2-perl
Remove libwhisker2-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libwhisker2-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwhisker2-perl
Remove libwhisker2-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwhisker2-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwhisker2-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwhisker2-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
