How to Install and Uninstall libcgi-formbuilder-perl Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "libcgi-formbuilder-perl" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libcgi-formbuilder-perl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libcgi-formbuilder-perl
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libcgi-formbuilder-perl" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libcgi-formbuilder-perl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 libcgi-formbuilder-perl package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libcgi-formbuilder-perl
Priority: optional
Section: universe/perl
Installed-Size: 608
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Architecture: all
Version: 3.09-3
Depends: perl, libcgi-pm-perl | perl (<< 5.19)
Recommends: libhtml-parser-perl
Suggests: libhtml-template-perl, libtemplate-perl, libtext-template-perl, libcgi-session-perl, libcgi-ssi-perl
Filename: pool/universe/libc/libcgi-formbuilder-perl/libcgi-formbuilder-perl_3.09-3_all.deb
Size: 183864
MD5sum: 9bcabcacadd756b0f34eff5004443815
SHA1: b7b8220313becd5ad30572cb03e698780f5173de
SHA256: d70a27bbbc7c707125ca3dfa48d3b9be7014193a38e7a1d5d5ef684b940d3452
Description-en: Easily generate and process stateful CGI forms
CGI::FormBuilder is a Perl module for generating, processing, and validating
CGI forms. It's an extremely fast and robust module with a ridiculous set of
features.
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Highlights:
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* DWIMmery
FormBuilder tries to do what you mean. Tell it the fields you care
about, and it takes care of all the stupid HTML and JavaScript
generation and processing for you. It also gives you back the correct
values that you want. It will even label your fields automatically with
human-readable names.
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* Input field abstraction
Simply define your fields and their options, and FormBuilder will
take care of figuring out what the best HTML representation is. It will
then generate the appropriate input fields (text, select, radio, etc),
even changing any JavaScript actions appropriately.
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* Easy handling of defaults
Just specify a hash of values to use as the defaults for your fields.
This will be searched case-insensitively and displayed in the form.
What's more, if the user enters something via the CGI that overrides a
default, when you use the field() method to get the data you'll get the
correct value.
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* Correct stickiness
Stickiness is a PITA. FormBuilder correctly handles even multiple
values selected in a multiple select list, completely integrated with
proper handling of defaults.
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* Robust field validation
Form validation sucks, and this is where FormBuilder is a big help. It
has tons of builtin patterns, and will even generate gobs of JavaScript
validation code for you. It is possible to specify your own regexps as well,
and FormBuilder will even check multivalued select lists correctly.
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* Multiple submit mode support
FormBuilder allows one to reliably tell whether the person clicked on
the "Update" or "Delete" button of your form, normally a big pain.
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* Template driver support
FormBuilder can natively "drive" several major templating engines:
* HTML::Template
* CGI::FastTemplate
* Text::Template
* Template Toolkit
FormBuilder can help building a complete form application with a template in
less that 20 lines of Perl.
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* Internationalized, Customizable Messaging
FormBuilder allows customization of every single message that ot outputs for
given locale.
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* Simple Interface
The author has specialized in User Interface Design.
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* Extensive Documentation
Description-md5: 856203368332efec9623a85a47dbd9f2
Homepage: http://www.formbuilder.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu