How to Install and Uninstall perl Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "perl" package

This is a short guide on how to install perl on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall perl on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: perl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.5
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: optional
Section: perl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Niko Tyni
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 568
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.17)
Depends: perl-base (= 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.5), perl-modules-5.26 (>= 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.5), libperl5.26 (= 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.5)
Recommends: netbase
Suggests: perl-doc, libterm-readline-gnu-perl | libterm-readline-perl-perl, make
Conflicts: libjson-pp-perl (<< 2.27200-2)
Breaks: libperl-dev (<< 5.24.0~), perl-doc (<< 5.26.1-1)
Replaces: perl-modules (<< 5.22.0~)
Filename: pool/main/p/perl/perl_5.26.1-6ubuntu0.5_amd64.deb
Size: 201488
MD5sum: 19366e2a6d8257073343cbff0a3faff3
SHA1: 2e703f075de7de7dda016bbe9357dd40cc8d1368
SHA256: 9f550d519e3f0753dcc43ccba20370f94bc127c08ef46c4a10f8545e928867aa
SHA512: 9c56b9d450573f9e505d48beec6e072a3784ee8db3192ed1164680e67f5de5ad7778a8699b3fd749e6344ad4119208139072d68b8909721158213a4656cee7ec
Homepage: http://dev.perl.org/perl5/
Description: Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language
Description-md5: 603cb1e5fe66da8106c364f4e9b84082
Task: ubuntu-desktop, print-server, cloud-image, server, lamp-server, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop-share, lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-core, lubuntu-qt-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Build-Essential: yes
Supported: 5y

Package: perl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.26.1-6
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: optional
Section: perl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Niko Tyni
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 568
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.17)
Depends: perl-base (= 5.26.1-6), perl-modules-5.26 (>= 5.26.1-6), libperl5.26 (= 5.26.1-6)
Recommends: netbase
Suggests: perl-doc, libterm-readline-gnu-perl | libterm-readline-perl-perl, make
Conflicts: libjson-pp-perl (<< 2.27200-2)
Breaks: libperl-dev (<< 5.24.0~), perl-doc (<< 5.26.1-1)
Replaces: perl-modules (<< 5.22.0~)
Filename: pool/main/p/perl/perl_5.26.1-6_amd64.deb
Size: 201484
MD5sum: da4f7681c3e574418768dda521838bcf
SHA1: ac45bc7f390880f87ca6dd4ee079ac684e554c34
SHA256: df4562dfc4b361c8dc5c5d28499c6835229c197fc362873749c99a1af2c10078
Homepage: http://dev.perl.org/perl5/
Description: Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language
Description-md5: 603cb1e5fe66da8106c364f4e9b84082
Task: ubuntu-desktop, print-server, cloud-image, server, lamp-server, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop-share, lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-core, lubuntu-qt-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Build-Essential: yes
Supported: 5y