How To Install libconfig-file-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 libconfig-file-perl on Ubuntu.
What is libconfig-file-perl
libconfig-file-perl is:
Config::File parses simple configuration files and store its values in an anonymous hash reference. The syntax of the configuration file is quite simple:
This is a comment
VALUE_ONE = foo VALUE_TWO = $VALUE_ONE/bar VALUE_THREE = The value contains a # (hash). # This is a comment. COMPOSED_VALUE[one] = The first component of a clustered value COMPOSED_VALUE[two] = The second component of a clustered value
There are three methods to install libconfig-file-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 libconfig-file-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 libconfig-file-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libconfig-file-perl
Install libconfig-file-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libconfig-file-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libconfig-file-perl
Install libconfig-file-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 libconfig-file-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libconfig-file-perl
How To Uninstall libconfig-file-perl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libconfig-file-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libconfig-file-perl
Uninstall libconfig-file-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libconfig-file-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libconfig-file-perl
Remove libconfig-file-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libconfig-file-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libconfig-file-perl
Remove libconfig-file-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libconfig-file-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libconfig-file-perl
Dependencies
libconfig-file-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig-file-perl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.