How To Install libwww-indexparser-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwww-indexparser-perl on Debian 9.
What is libwww-indexparser-perl
libwww-indexparser-perl is:
WWW::IndexParser is a module that uses LWP to fetch a URL from a web server. It then atempts to parse this page as if it were an auto generated index page. It returns an array of WWW::IndexParser::Entry objects, one per entry in the directory index that it has found. Each Entry has a set of methods: filename(), time(), size(), and others if supported by the autoindex generated: type() and size_units().
There are three methods to install libwww-indexparser-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 libwww-indexparser-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-indexparser-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwww-indexparser-perl
Install libwww-indexparser-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwww-indexparser-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwww-indexparser-perl
Install libwww-indexparser-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-indexparser-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwww-indexparser-perl
How To Uninstall libwww-indexparser-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libwww-indexparser-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwww-indexparser-perl
Uninstall libwww-indexparser-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwww-indexparser-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwww-indexparser-perl
Remove libwww-indexparser-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libwww-indexparser-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwww-indexparser-perl
Remove libwww-indexparser-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwww-indexparser-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwww-indexparser-perl
Dependencies
libwww-indexparser-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwww-indexparser-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.