How To Install libwww-curl-perl on Debian 12

Learn how to install libwww-curl-perl on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libwww-curl-perl is Perl bindings to libcurl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwww-curl-perl on Debian 12.

What is libwww-curl-perl

libwww-curl-perl is:

WWW::Curl is a collection of Perl modules which contain Perl bindings to libcurl. In Debian, more information on how the curl library can be used in your applications is available in the libcurl4-doc Debian package.

There are three methods to install libwww-curl-perl on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libwww-curl-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 libwww-curl-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwww-curl-perl

Install libwww-curl-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwww-curl-perl

Install libwww-curl-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 libwww-curl-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwww-curl-perl

How To Uninstall libwww-curl-perl on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libwww-curl-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwww-curl-perl

Uninstall libwww-curl-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwww-curl-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwww-curl-perl

Remove libwww-curl-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libwww-curl-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwww-curl-perl

Remove libwww-curl-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwww-curl-perl

Dependencies

libwww-curl-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwww-curl-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.