How To Install libuniversal-isa-perl on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuniversal-isa-perl on Ubuntu 20.04. libuniversal-isa-perl is safer version of UNIVERSAL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuniversal-isa-perl on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libuniversal-isa-perl

libuniversal-isa-perl is:

UNIVERSAL is base class for ALL classes in Object Oriented Perl. UNIVERSAL::isa (isa stands for “is a”) is method which can tell You if object is blessed in package or inherits from package.

This module overloads UNIVERSAL::isa with a version that makes sure that, when called as a function on objects which override isa, isa will call the appropriate method on those objects

In all other cases, the real UNIVERSAL::isa gets called directly.

There are three methods to install libuniversal-isa-perl 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 libuniversal-isa-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 libuniversal-isa-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libuniversal-isa-perl

Install libuniversal-isa-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libuniversal-isa-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libuniversal-isa-perl

Install libuniversal-isa-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 libuniversal-isa-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libuniversal-isa-perl

How To Uninstall libuniversal-isa-perl on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libuniversal-isa-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libuniversal-isa-perl

Uninstall libuniversal-isa-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libuniversal-isa-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libuniversal-isa-perl

Remove libuniversal-isa-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libuniversal-isa-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libuniversal-isa-perl

Remove libuniversal-isa-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libuniversal-isa-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libuniversal-isa-perl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuniversal-isa-perl package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.