How To Install psl 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 psl on Ubuntu.
What is psl
psl is:
Libpsl allows checking domains against the Public Suffix List. It can be used to avoid privacy-leaking ‘super-cookies’, ‘super domain’ certificates, for domain highlighting purposes sorting domain lists by site and more.
Please see https://publicsuffix.org for more detailed information.
This package contains a commandline tool to explore the Public Suffix List.
There are three methods to install psl 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 psl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install psl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install psl
Install psl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install psl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install psl
Install psl 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 psl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install psl
How To Uninstall psl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the psl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove psl
Uninstall psl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall psl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove psl
Remove psl Configurations and Data
To remove psl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge psl
Remove psl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove psl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge psl
Dependencies
psl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install psl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.