Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfuture-io-perl on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libfuture-io-perl
libfuture-io-perl is:
The Future::IO distribution provides a few basic methods that behave
similarly to the same-named core perl functions relating to IO operations,
but yield their results asynchronously via Future instances.
This is provided primarily as a decoupling mechanism, to allow modules to be
written that perform IO in an asynchronous manner to depend directly on this,
while allowing asynchronous event systems to provide an implementation of
these operations.
There are three methods to install libfuture-io-perl on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfuture-io-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 libfuture-io-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfuture-io-perl
Install libfuture-io-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfuture-io-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfuture-io-perl
Install libfuture-io-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 libfuture-io-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfuture-io-perl
How To Uninstall libfuture-io-perl on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libfuture-io-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfuture-io-perl
Uninstall libfuture-io-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfuture-io-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfuture-io-perl
Remove libfuture-io-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libfuture-io-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfuture-io-perl
Remove libfuture-io-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfuture-io-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfuture-io-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfuture-io-perl package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
