How To Install libyaml-pp-perl on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libyaml-pp-perl on Debian 12.
What is libyaml-pp-perl
libyaml-pp-perl is:
YAML::PP is a modern, modular YAML processor.
It aims to support YAML 1.2 and YAML 1.1.
YAML is a serialization language. The YAML input is called “YAML Stream”. A stream consists of one or more “Documents”, separated by a line with a document start marker ‘—’. A document optionally ends with the document end marker ‘…’.
This allows one to process of continuous streams additionally to a fixed input file or string.
The YAML::PP frontend will currently load all documents, and return only the last if called with scalar context.
The YAML backend is implemented in a modular way that allows one to add custom handling of YAML tags, perl objects and data types. The inner API is not yet stable.
There are three methods to install libyaml-pp-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 libyaml-pp-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-pp-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libyaml-pp-perl
Install libyaml-pp-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libyaml-pp-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libyaml-pp-perl
Install libyaml-pp-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-pp-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libyaml-pp-perl
How To Uninstall libyaml-pp-perl on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libyaml-pp-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libyaml-pp-perl
Uninstall libyaml-pp-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libyaml-pp-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libyaml-pp-perl
Remove libyaml-pp-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libyaml-pp-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libyaml-pp-perl
Remove libyaml-pp-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libyaml-pp-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libyaml-pp-perl
Dependencies
libyaml-pp-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libyaml-pp-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
