How To Install libhttp-message-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 libhttp-message-perl on Ubuntu.
What is libhttp-message-perl
libhttp-message-perl is:
The HTTP::Message distribution contains classes useful for representing the messages passed in HTTP style communication. These are classes representing requests, responses and the headers contained within them.
The HTTP::Headers class encapsulates HTTP-style message headers. The headers consist of attribute-value pairs also called fields, which may be repeated, and which are printed in a particular order. The field names are cases insensitive.
Instances of this class are usually created as member variables of the HTTP::Request and HTTP::Response classes, internal to the library.
There are three methods to install libhttp-message-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 libhttp-message-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 libhttp-message-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhttp-message-perl
Install libhttp-message-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhttp-message-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhttp-message-perl
Install libhttp-message-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 libhttp-message-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhttp-message-perl
How To Uninstall libhttp-message-perl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libhttp-message-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhttp-message-perl
Uninstall libhttp-message-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhttp-message-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhttp-message-perl
Remove libhttp-message-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libhttp-message-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhttp-message-perl
Remove libhttp-message-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhttp-message-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhttp-message-perl
Dependencies
libhttp-message-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhttp-message-perl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.