How To Install dh-make-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-make-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dh-make-perl
dh-make-perl is:
dh-make-perl will create the files required to build a Debian source package out of a perl package. This works for most simple packages and is also useful for getting started with packaging perl modules. Given a perl package name, it can also automatically download it from CPAN.
dh-make-perl can also help keeping the debian/ content current when upstream dependencies or Debian practices change. It can also help improve existing Perl module packages.
Includes the cpan2deb and cpan2dsc flavours.
There are three methods to install dh-make-perl on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dh-make-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 dh-make-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dh-make-perl
Install dh-make-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-make-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dh-make-perl
Install dh-make-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dh-make-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dh-make-perl
How To Uninstall dh-make-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dh-make-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dh-make-perl
Uninstall dh-make-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dh-make-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dh-make-perl
Remove dh-make-perl Configurations and Data
To remove dh-make-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dh-make-perl
Remove dh-make-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dh-make-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dh-make-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dh-make-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
