How To Install libxmltv-perl on Debian 9

Introduction

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

What is libxmltv-perl

libxmltv-perl is:

Gather television listings, process them and organize your viewing. XMLTV is a file format for storing TV listings, defined in xmltv.dtd. This package includes Perl libraries that are part of the XMLTV package, as well as the XML DTD itself.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libxmltv-perl

Install libxmltv-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxmltv-perl

Install libxmltv-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 libxmltv-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxmltv-perl

How To Uninstall libxmltv-perl on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libxmltv-perl

Uninstall libxmltv-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmltv-perl

Remove libxmltv-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libxmltv-perl

Remove libxmltv-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxmltv-perl

Dependencies

libxmltv-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libdate-manip-perl
• libfile-slurp-perl
• libwww-perl
• libxml-parser-perl
• libxml-twig-perl
• libxml-writer-perl

References

• libxmltv-perl website

Summary

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