How To Install perl-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is perl-doc
perl-doc is:
Perl manual pages, POD documentation and the `perldoc’ program. If you are writing Perl programs, you almost certainly need this.
Package: perl-doc Architecture: all Version: 5.30.0-9build1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: doc Source: perl Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Niko Tyni [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 14061 Depends: perl (>= 5.30.0-1) Suggests: man-browser, groff-base Filename: pool/main/p/perl/perl-doc_5.30.0-9build1_all.deb Size: 7497212 MD5sum: 403c88b18989ae4843171a38d0af2d92 SHA1: f5f44ebdcce78154d173c004315d5f4269130558 SHA256: 5e691771f61208897e4bbb5f8442dfa1b0bf1a928d4ab7df7ada5efbc1359363 Homepage: http://dev.perl.org/perl5/ Description-en: Perl documentation Perl manual pages, POD documentation and the `perldoc’ program. If you are writing Perl programs, you almost certainly need this.
There are three methods to install perl-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install perl-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install perl-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install perl-doc
Install perl-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install perl-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install perl-doc
Install perl-doc 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install perl-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install perl-doc
How To Uninstall perl-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the perl-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove perl-doc
Uninstall perl-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall perl-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove perl-doc
Remove perl-doc Configurations and Data
To remove perl-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge perl-doc
Remove perl-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove perl-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge perl-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.