How to Install and Uninstall libcpan-mini-perl Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "libcpan-mini-perl" package

This tutorial shows how to install libcpan-mini-perl on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libcpan-mini-perl

2. Uninstall "libcpan-mini-perl" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libcpan-mini-perl on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):

$ sudo apt remove libcpan-mini-perl $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libcpan-mini-perl package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libcpan-mini-perl
Architecture: all
Version: 1.111016-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/perl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 109
Provides: minicpan
Depends: perl, libfile-homedir-perl, liburi-perl, libwww-perl
Filename: pool/universe/libc/libcpan-mini-perl/libcpan-mini-perl_1.111016-1_all.deb
Size: 25268
MD5sum: be539baa6965973a0ccb8e4271a2c57b
SHA1: 99923f2b73adc3f93b791b2b5456da8b34742927
SHA256: ad366b05e3fb97417a553bd26f5016adc7df0903a17b9503094bd1de331e81c1
SHA512: 97f178d0ec11d1a43eec9a1c10d924f1cf3abb52358739b87b6fb959a119d47815c15cc8d931fda6db507029bbca628d57684d411c0a98bd8e596824a351d83f
Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/CPAN-Mini
Description-en: module for creating a minimal mirror of CPAN
CPAN::Mini is a Perl module that provides a simple mechanism to build and
update a minimal mirror of the CPAN on your local disk. It contains only
those files needed to install the newest version of every distribution.
.
This package also provides a command line utility, minicpan, which can be
used to create and update such mirrors easily and without writing any code.
Description-md5: 3d30fe463f09e2559457fee8bacb5949