How To Install libclone-perl on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 380 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclone-perl on Ubuntu.
What is libclone-perl
libclone-perl is:
The Clone module provides a clone() method which makes recursive copies of nested hash, array, scalar and reference types, including tied variables and objects.
It is faster (although less flexible) than Storable’s dclone. Its functionality is not serializing in-memory objects (i.e. as Data::Dumper or YAML::Dump do), but deep-copying them over to new in-memory structures.
There are three methods to install libclone-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 libclone-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 libclone-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libclone-perl
Install libclone-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libclone-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libclone-perl
Install libclone-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 libclone-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libclone-perl
How To Uninstall libclone-perl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libclone-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libclone-perl
Uninstall libclone-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libclone-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclone-perl
Remove libclone-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libclone-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libclone-perl
Remove libclone-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libclone-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclone-perl
Dependencies
libclone-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclone-perl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.