How To Install libapp-daemon-perl on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapp-daemon-perl on Ubuntu.
What is libapp-daemon-perl
libapp-daemon-perl is:
App::Daemon helps running an application as a daemon. The idea to prepend scripts with functions provided by this module to ‘daemonize’ it.
Along with the common features offered by similar modules on CPAN, it
- supports logging with Log4perl: In background mode, it logs to a logfile. In foreground mode, log messages go directly to the screen.
- detects if another instance is already running and ends itself automatically in this case.
- shows with the ‘status’ command if an instance is already running and which PID it has.
There are three methods to install libapp-daemon-perl on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libapp-daemon-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 libapp-daemon-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libapp-daemon-perl
Install libapp-daemon-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libapp-daemon-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libapp-daemon-perl
Install libapp-daemon-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 libapp-daemon-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libapp-daemon-perl
How To Uninstall libapp-daemon-perl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libapp-daemon-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libapp-daemon-perl
Uninstall libapp-daemon-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libapp-daemon-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapp-daemon-perl
Remove libapp-daemon-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libapp-daemon-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libapp-daemon-perl
Remove libapp-daemon-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libapp-daemon-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapp-daemon-perl
Dependencies
libapp-daemon-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libapp-daemon-perl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.