How to Install and Uninstall perl Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "perl" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install perl on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "perl" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall perl on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the perl package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: perl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.38.2-3
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: optional
Build-Essential: yes
Section: perl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Niko Tyni
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 671
Provides: libansicolor-perl (= 5.01), libarchive-tar-perl (= 2.40), libattribute-handlers-perl (= 1.03), libautodie-perl (= 2.36), libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl (= 2.204.001), libcompress-raw-zlib-perl (= 2.204.001), libcompress-zlib-perl (= 2.204), libcpan-meta-perl (= 2.150010), libcpan-meta-requirements-perl (= 2.140), libcpan-meta-yaml-perl (= 0.018), libdigest-md5-perl (= 2.58.01), libdigest-perl (= 1.20), libdigest-sha-perl (= 6.04), libencode-perl (= 3.19), libexperimental-perl (= 0.031), libextutils-cbuilder-perl (= 0.280238), libextutils-command-perl (= 7.70), libextutils-install-perl (= 2.22), libextutils-parsexs-perl (= 3.510000), libfile-spec-perl (= 3.8800), libhttp-tiny-perl (= 0.086), libi18n-langtags-perl (= 0.45), libio-compress-base-perl (= 2.204), libio-compress-bzip2-perl (= 2.204), libio-compress-perl (= 2.204), libio-compress-zlib-perl (= 2.204), libio-zlib-perl (= 1.14), libjson-pp-perl (= 4.16000), liblocale-maketext-perl (= 1.33), liblocale-maketext-simple-perl (= 0.21.01), libmath-bigint-perl (= 1.999837), libmath-complex-perl (= 1.6200), libmime-base64-perl (= 3.16.01), libmodule-corelist-perl (= 5.20231129), libmodule-load-conditional-perl (= 0.74), libmodule-load-perl (= 0.36), libmodule-metadata-perl (= 1.000037), libnet-perl (= 1:3.15), libnet-ping-perl (= 2.76), libparams-check-perl (= 0.38), libparent-perl (= 0.241), libparse-cpan-meta-perl (= 2.150010), libperl-ostype-perl (= 1.010), libpod-escapes-perl (= 1.07), libpod-simple-perl (= 3.43), libstorable-perl (= 3.32), libsys-syslog-perl (= 0.36), libtest-harness-perl (= 3.44), libtest-simple-perl (= 1.302194), libtest-tester-perl (= 1.302194), libtest-use-ok-perl (= 1.302194), libtext-balanced-perl (= 2.06), libthread-queue-perl (= 3.14), libthreads-perl (= 2.36), libthreads-shared-perl (= 1.68), libtime-hires-perl (= 1.9775), libtime-local-perl (= 1.3000), libtime-piece-perl (= 1.3401.01), libunicode-collate-perl (= 1.31), libversion-perl (= 1:0.9929), libversion-requirements-perl, podlators-perl (= 5.01)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.17)
Depends: perl-base (= 5.38.2-3), perl-modules-5.38 (>= 5.38.2-3), libperl5.38 (= 5.38.2-3)
Recommends: netbase
Suggests: perl-doc, libterm-readline-gnu-perl | libterm-readline-perl-perl, make, libtap-harness-archive-perl
Conflicts: libjson-pp-perl (<< 2.27200-2)
Breaks: apt-show-versions (<< 0.22.10), libdist-inkt-perl (<< 0.024-5), libmarc-charset-perl (<< 1.35-3), libperl-dev (<< 5.24.0~), perl-doc (<< 5.38.2-1), perl-modules-5.22, perl-modules-5.24, perl-modules-5.26 (<< 5.26.2-5)
Replaces: perl-base (<< 5.36.0-2), perl-modules (<< 5.22.0~)
Filename: pool/main/p/perl/perl_5.38.2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 231390
MD5sum: c5c92b017826f2f68ee66288600bed79
SHA1: f59e04ed9d1f52b3d3ead03d923822fddaf0dfdd
SHA256: af6657fcbd23694120410423ad59bdf8d0ad5139e5e80cc10599b1a44706fdf6
SHA512: a6688cafe5f68394e303649d706d7eff0d842d9a6b22c9954a2419a34c1a1a5a730917096ab0b9e38d6429e080f0ad28c7b09f8947cb7a2736acc5530db62476
Homepage: http://dev.perl.org/perl5/
Description: Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language
Description-md5: 603cb1e5fe66da8106c364f4e9b84082
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