How To Install libnetaddr-ip-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 libnetaddr-ip-perl on Ubuntu.
What is libnetaddr-ip-perl
libnetaddr-ip-perl is:
NetAddr::IP provides an object-oriented abstraction on top of IP addresses or IP subnets, that allows for easy manipulations.
The internal representation of all IP objects is in 128 bit IPv6 notation. IPv4 and IPv6 objects may be freely mixed.
The following operations are supported: Basic IP conversion, netmask manipulation, subnet interpretation, bitwise mask generation, full mask generation, subnet manipulation, expansion, and range operations, sub/supernet tests, data type determination, and more complex operations such as expansion of netblocks into arrays of smaller blocks of arbitrary size, and CIDR block aggregation
There are three methods to install libnetaddr-ip-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 libnetaddr-ip-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 libnetaddr-ip-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnetaddr-ip-perl
Install libnetaddr-ip-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnetaddr-ip-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnetaddr-ip-perl
Install libnetaddr-ip-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 libnetaddr-ip-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnetaddr-ip-perl
How To Uninstall libnetaddr-ip-perl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libnetaddr-ip-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnetaddr-ip-perl
Uninstall libnetaddr-ip-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnetaddr-ip-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnetaddr-ip-perl
Remove libnetaddr-ip-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libnetaddr-ip-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnetaddr-ip-perl
Remove libnetaddr-ip-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnetaddr-ip-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnetaddr-ip-perl
Dependencies
libnetaddr-ip-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetaddr-ip-perl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.