How To Install perlbrew 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 perlbrew on Ubuntu.
What is perlbrew
perlbrew is:
perlbrew is a program to automate the building and installation of perl in the users HOME. At the moment, it installs everything to ~/perl5/perlbrew, and requires you to tweak your PATH by including a bashrc/cshrc file it provides, in your shell configuration file. You then can benefit from not having to run ‘sudo’ commands to install cpan modules because those are installed inside your HOME too. It’s a completely separate perl environment.
There are three methods to install perlbrew 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 perlbrew Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install perlbrew using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install perlbrew
Install perlbrew Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install perlbrew using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install perlbrew
Install perlbrew 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 perlbrew using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install perlbrew
How To Uninstall perlbrew on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the perlbrew package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove perlbrew
Uninstall perlbrew And Its Dependencies
To uninstall perlbrew and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove perlbrew
Remove perlbrew Configurations and Data
To remove perlbrew configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge perlbrew
Remove perlbrew configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove perlbrew configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge perlbrew
Dependencies
perlbrew have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perlbrew package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.