How To Install libyaml-perl on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libyaml-perl on Debian 10.
What is libyaml-perl
libyaml-perl is:
YAML is a generic data serialization language that is optimized for human readability. It can be used to express the data structures of most modern programming languages (including Perl, of course). YAML supports Unicode and there are implementations of the parser in many different languages, making it a rather portable serialization format.
Please note that the YAML module is currently a deprecated implementation in Pure Perl, which is probably slow on your system. The authors intend to change it to just be a front-end interface module for various YAML implementations. For now, YAML::Any is a module provided for this purpose, which simply selects the best YAML implementation available.
There are three methods to install libyaml-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 libyaml-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 libyaml-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libyaml-perl
Install libyaml-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libyaml-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libyaml-perl
Install libyaml-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 libyaml-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libyaml-perl
How To Uninstall libyaml-perl on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libyaml-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libyaml-perl
Uninstall libyaml-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libyaml-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libyaml-perl
Remove libyaml-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libyaml-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libyaml-perl
Remove libyaml-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libyaml-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libyaml-perl
Dependencies
libyaml-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libyaml-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
