How To Install perltidy on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perltidy on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is perltidy
perltidy is:
Perltidy is a Perl script which indents and reformats Perl scripts to make them easier to read.
The formatting can be controlled with command line parameters. The default parameter settings approximately follow the suggestions in the Perl Style Guide.
Perltidy can also generate formatted HTML output from POD, and can even generate colored output in HTML for scripts. See examples at http://perltidy.sourceforge.net/
There are three methods to install perltidy 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 perltidy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install perltidy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install perltidy
Install perltidy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install perltidy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install perltidy
Install perltidy 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 perltidy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install perltidy
How To Uninstall perltidy on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the perltidy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove perltidy
Uninstall perltidy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall perltidy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove perltidy
Remove perltidy Configurations and Data
To remove perltidy configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge perltidy
Remove perltidy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove perltidy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge perltidy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perltidy package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
