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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "perl-base" package

Please follow the steps below to install perl-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "perl-base" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall perl-base on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                perl-base
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the perl-base package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: perl-base
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9
Priority: required
Essential: yes
Section: perl
Source: perl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Niko Tyni
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 7096
Provides: libfile-path-perl, libfile-temp-perl, libio-socket-ip-perl, libscalar-list-utils-perl, libsocket-perl, libxsloader-perl, perlapi-5.22.1
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.23), dpkg (>= 1.17.17)
Suggests: perl
Conflicts: defoma (<< 0.11.12), doc-base (<< 0.10.3), mono-gac (<< 2.10.8.1-3), safe-rm (<< 0.8), update-inetd (<< 4.41)
Breaks: autoconf2.13 (<< 2.13-45), backuppc (<< 3.3.1-2), libalien-wxwidgets-perl (<< 0.65+dfsg-2), libanyevent-perl (<< 7.070-2), libcommon-sense-perl (<< 3.72-2~), libfile-path-perl (<< 2.09), libfile-spec-perl (<< 3.5600), libfile-temp-perl (<< 0.2304), libgtk2-perl-doc (<< 2:1.2491-4), libio-socket-ip-perl (<< 0.37), libjcode-perl (<< 2.13-3), libmarc-charset-perl (<< 1.2), libsbuild-perl (<< 0.67.0-1), libscalar-list-utils-perl (<< 1:1.41), libsocket-perl (<< 2.018), libxsloader-perl (<< 0.20), mailagent (<< 1:3.1-81-2), pdl (<< 1:2.007-4), perl (<< 5.22.1~), perl-modules (<< 5.22.1~)
Replaces: libfile-path-perl (<< 2.09), libfile-temp-perl (<< 0.2304), libio-socket-ip-perl (<< 0.37), libscalar-list-utils-perl (<< 1:1.41), libsocket-perl (<< 2.018), libxsloader-perl (<< 0.20), perl (<< 5.10.1-12), perl-modules (<< 5.20.1-3)
Filename: pool/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9_amd64.deb
Size: 1286822
MD5sum: dd06f3cf04bd10ffc17db7b4211f0573
SHA1: 1406492bab019c93d0f7d261e4009fe2cf8dfe13
SHA256: 8e873096d4568d680a5ad2f776545435f430f6aecc521413f3afc5aeff52559e
SHA512: f89b32472baa1cc9090e3f0788509ce76914bf77e4eeb6698b05ee101c17ccfe0cd2843994158b9b77afb548abd7299257d36bb44294414b64f2d930a41aa0a7
Homepage: http://dev.perl.org/perl5/
Description-en: minimal Perl system
Perl is a scripting language used in many system scripts and utilities.
.
This package provides a Perl interpreter and the small subset of the
standard run-time library required to perform basic tasks. For a full
Perl installation, install "perl" (and its dependencies, "perl-modules-5.22"
and "perl-doc").
Description-md5: bddcb20dec54577d59fbfb581919eb9f
Task: minimal
Supported: 5y

Package: perl-base
Essential: yes
Priority: required
Section: perl
Installed-Size: 7097
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Niko Tyni
Architecture: amd64
Source: perl
Version: 5.22.1-9
Replaces: libfile-path-perl (<< 2.09), libfile-temp-perl (<< 0.2304), libio-socket-ip-perl (<< 0.37), libscalar-list-utils-perl (<< 1:1.41), libsocket-perl (<< 2.018), libxsloader-perl (<< 0.20), perl (<< 5.10.1-12), perl-modules (<< 5.20.1-3)
Provides: libfile-path-perl, libfile-temp-perl, libio-socket-ip-perl, libscalar-list-utils-perl, libsocket-perl, libxsloader-perl, perlapi-5.22.1
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), dpkg (>= 1.17.17)
Suggests: perl
Conflicts: defoma (<< 0.11.12), doc-base (<< 0.10.3), mono-gac (<< 2.10.8.1-3), safe-rm (<< 0.8), update-inetd (<< 4.41)
Breaks: autoconf2.13 (<< 2.13-45), backuppc (<< 3.3.1-2), libalien-wxwidgets-perl (<< 0.65+dfsg-2), libanyevent-perl (<< 7.070-2), libcommon-sense-perl (<< 3.72-2~), libfile-path-perl (<< 2.09), libfile-spec-perl (<< 3.5600), libfile-temp-perl (<< 0.2304), libgtk2-perl-doc (<< 2:1.2491-4), libio-socket-ip-perl (<< 0.37), libjcode-perl (<< 2.13-3), libmarc-charset-perl (<< 1.2), libsbuild-perl (<< 0.67.0-1), libscalar-list-utils-perl (<< 1:1.41), libsocket-perl (<< 2.018), libxsloader-perl (<< 0.20), mailagent (<< 1:3.1-81-2), pdl (<< 1:2.007-4), perl (<< 5.22.1~), perl-modules (<< 5.22.1~)
Filename: pool/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.22.1-9_amd64.deb
Size: 1280834
MD5sum: 6fda2ba4e9823c77a2298e2f9e664aac
SHA1: 32d54479b52e75c6fc75b69bc87973369c1343b1
SHA256: 969d07387e4649d9a4a1e56f298638a596713aaf48064e72d648f5ab78246e44
Description-en: minimal Perl system
Perl is a scripting language used in many system scripts and utilities.
.
This package provides a Perl interpreter and the small subset of the
standard run-time library required to perform basic tasks. For a full
Perl installation, install "perl" (and its dependencies, "perl-modules-5.22"
and "perl-doc").
Description-md5: bddcb20dec54577d59fbfb581919eb9f
Homepage: http://dev.perl.org/perl5/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: minimal