How To Install perl6 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl6 on Debian 9.
What is perl6
perl6 is:
Perl 6 is a programming language, member of the Perl family. Like Perl 5, her world-famous big sister, Perl 6 intends to carry forward the high ideals of the Perl community and is currently being developed by a team of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers.
perl6 package is a meta package that aims to depend on a Perl6 compiler and Perl6 core modules. Currently this package depends only on a compiler (rakudo). Dependency on the perl6 modules shipped by rakudo-star will be added later once they are available on Debian.
Perl6 version number represents the version of the language specification. The version of the compiler is another matter.
There are three methods to install perl6 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 perl6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install perl6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install perl6
Install perl6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install perl6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install perl6
Install perl6 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 perl6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install perl6
How To Uninstall perl6 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the perl6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove perl6
Uninstall perl6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall perl6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove perl6
Remove perl6 Configurations and Data
To remove perl6 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge perl6
Remove perl6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove perl6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge perl6
Dependencies
perl6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl6 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.