How To Install weechat-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 weechat-perl on Ubuntu.
What is weechat-perl
weechat-perl is:
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This package provides the Perl scripting API plugin.
There are three methods to install weechat-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 weechat-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 weechat-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install weechat-perl
Install weechat-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install weechat-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install weechat-perl
Install weechat-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 weechat-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install weechat-perl
How To Uninstall weechat-perl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the weechat-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove weechat-perl
Uninstall weechat-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall weechat-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove weechat-perl
Remove weechat-perl Configurations and Data
To remove weechat-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge weechat-perl
Remove weechat-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove weechat-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge weechat-perl
Dependencies
weechat-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat-perl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.