How To Install libnet-server-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 libnet-server-perl on Ubuntu.

What is libnet-server-perl

libnet-server-perl is:

Net::Server is an extensible, general perl server engine that combines the good properties from Net::Daemon, NetServer::Generic, and Net::FTPServer; and borrows various concepts from the Apache webserver.

Features include:

• Single Server Mode
• Inetd Server Mode
• Preforking Simple Mode (PreForkSimple)
• Preforking Managed Mode (PreFork)
• Forking Mode
• Multiplexing Mode using a single process
• Multi port accepts on Single, Preforking, and Forking modes
• Simultaneous accept/recv on tcp, udp, and unix sockets
• Safe signal handling in Fork/PreFork avoids perl signal trouble
• User customizable hooks
• Chroot ability after bind
• Change of user and group after bind
• Basic allow/deny access control
• Customized logging (choose Syslog, log_file, or STDERR)
• HUP able server (clean restarts via sig HUP)
• Dequeue ability in all Fork and PreFork modes.
• Taint clean
• Written in Perl
• Protection against buffer overflow
• Clean process flow
• Extensibility

There are three methods to install libnet-server-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 libnet-server-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 libnet-server-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnet-server-perl

Install libnet-server-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnet-server-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnet-server-perl

Install libnet-server-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 libnet-server-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnet-server-perl

How To Uninstall libnet-server-perl on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libnet-server-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnet-server-perl

Uninstall libnet-server-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnet-server-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnet-server-perl

Remove libnet-server-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libnet-server-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnet-server-perl

Remove libnet-server-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnet-server-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnet-server-perl

Dependencies

libnet-server-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libnet-server-perl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet-server-perl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.