How To Install perlconsole on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perlconsole on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is perlconsole
perlconsole is:
Perl Console is a light program that lets you evaluate Perl code interactively. It uses Readline for grabing input and provides completion with all the namespaces loaded during your session.
This is pretty useful for Perl developers that write modules. You can load a module in your session and test a function exported by the module.
There are three methods to install perlconsole on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install perlconsole Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install perlconsole using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install perlconsole
Install perlconsole Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install perlconsole using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install perlconsole
Install perlconsole 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 perlconsole using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install perlconsole
How To Uninstall perlconsole on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the perlconsole package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove perlconsole
Uninstall perlconsole And Its Dependencies
To uninstall perlconsole and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove perlconsole
Remove perlconsole Configurations and Data
To remove perlconsole configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge perlconsole
Remove perlconsole configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove perlconsole configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge perlconsole
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perlconsole package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
