How To Install libdpkg-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 libdpkg-perl on Ubuntu.
What is libdpkg-perl
libdpkg-perl is:
This package provides the perl modules used by the scripts in dpkg-dev. They cover a wide range of functionality. Among them there are the following public modules:
- Dpkg: core variables
- Dpkg::Arch: architecture handling functions
- Dpkg::Build::Info: build information functions
- Dpkg::BuildFlags: set, modify and query compilation build flags
- Dpkg::BuildOptions: parse and manipulate DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS
- Dpkg::BuildProfiles: parse and manipulate build profiles
- Dpkg::Changelog: parse changelogs
- Dpkg::Changelog::Entry: represents a changelog entry
- Dpkg::Changelog::Parse: generic changelog parser for dpkg-parsechangelog
- Dpkg::Checksums: generate and parse checksums
- Dpkg::Compression: simple database of available compression methods
- Dpkg::Compression::FileHandle: transparently (de)compress files
- Dpkg::Compression::Process: wrapper around compression tools
- Dpkg::Conf: parse dpkg configuration files
- Dpkg::Control: parse and manipulate Debian control information (.dsc, .changes, Packages/Sources entries, etc.)
- Dpkg::Control::Changelog: represent fields output by dpkg-parsechangelog
- Dpkg::Control::Fields: manage (list of known) control fields
- Dpkg::Control::Hash: parse and manipulate a block of RFC822-like fields
- Dpkg::Control::Info: parse files like debian/control
- Dpkg::Control::Tests: parse files like debian/tests/control
- Dpkg::Control::Tests::Entry: represents a debian/tests/control stanza
- Dpkg::Deps: parse and manipulate dependencies
- Dpkg::Deps::Simple: represents a single dependency statement
- Dpkg::Deps::Multiple: base module to represent multiple dependencies
- Dpkg::Deps::Union: list of unrelated dependencies
- Dpkg::Deps::AND: list of AND dependencies
- Dpkg::Deps::OR: list of OR dependencies
- Dpkg::Deps::KnownFacts: list of installed and virtual packages
- Dpkg::Exit: push, pop and run exit handlers
- Dpkg::Gettext: wrapper around Locale::gettext
- Dpkg::IPC: spawn sub-processes and feed/retrieve data
- Dpkg::Index: collections of Dpkg::Control (Packages/Sources files for example)
- Dpkg::Interface::Storable: base object serializer
- Dpkg::Path: common path handling functions
- Dpkg::Source::Format: manipulate debian/source/format files
- Dpkg::Source::Package: extract Debian source packages
- Dpkg::Substvars: substitute variables in strings
- Dpkg::Vendor: identify current distribution vendor
- Dpkg::Version: parse and manipulate Debian package versions
All the packages listed in Suggests or Recommends are used by some of the modules.
There are three methods to install libdpkg-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 libdpkg-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 libdpkg-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdpkg-perl
Install libdpkg-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdpkg-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdpkg-perl
Install libdpkg-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 libdpkg-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdpkg-perl
How To Uninstall libdpkg-perl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libdpkg-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdpkg-perl
Uninstall libdpkg-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdpkg-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdpkg-perl
Remove libdpkg-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libdpkg-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdpkg-perl
Remove libdpkg-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdpkg-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdpkg-perl
Dependencies
libdpkg-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdpkg-perl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.