How to Install and Uninstall cpanminus Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 12,2024

You can also install and uninstall the cpanminus on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "cpanminus" package

This guide let you learn how to install cpanminus on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cpanminus
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cpanminus" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall cpanminus on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cpanminus
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cpanminus package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cpanminus
Version: 1.7046-1
Installed-Size: 172
Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Architecture: all
Depends: perl:any, libcpan-distnameinfo-perl, libcpan-meta-check-perl, libcpan-meta-requirements-perl, libcpan-meta-yaml-perl, libfile-pushd-perl, libhttp-tiny-perl | curl | wget, libjson-pp-perl, liblocal-lib-perl, libmodule-cpanfile-perl, libmodule-metadata-perl, libparse-pmfile-perl, libstring-shellquote-perl, libversion-perl
Recommends: make
Suggests: gcc | c-compiler
Description: script to get, unpack, build and install modules from CPAN
Description-md5: 6b2b64b977ad05f2016c894935b16179
Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/App-cpanminus
Tag: implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program,
use::downloading
Section: perl
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cpanminus/cpanminus_1.7046-1_all.deb
Size: 70984
MD5sum: eb1c8227454a7f0917d7dd2ec5a7393b
SHA256: a4c49c27976a5b68b82fea137ce0bafa6c0092fa3dff47677a495a9624976f25