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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "perl-doc" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install perl-doc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install perl-doc

2. Uninstall "perl-doc" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall perl-doc on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove perl-doc $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the perl-doc package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: perl-doc
Architecture: all
Version: 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9
Priority: optional
Section: doc
Source: perl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Niko Tyni
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 13741
Depends: perl (>= 5.22.1-1)
Suggests: man-browser, groff-base
Filename: pool/main/p/perl/perl-doc_5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9_all.deb
Size: 7394336
MD5sum: 081a958523df3f1dffefaee5071f7c0e
SHA1: 4a87e3532405ae5c72ca7987ba354510e3862f04
SHA256: cda1853b3ceb155b2b5afa6fda66f0045dec5caeeb4d4abed93adddcc943a656
SHA512: bda1e13fa2a4230156316bedbfac251eb9e82824da87b60c7a599a2c5e43d67a8c18fb78775ec6b3d50942846bb55cbfe43c2bc282e570b2c4dda2955cc65c8f
Homepage: http://dev.perl.org/perl5/
Description-en: Perl documentation
Perl manual pages, POD documentation and the `perldoc' program. If you are
writing Perl programs, you almost certainly need this.
Description-md5: 6cd25412f32c953589ef8fcaf1f5f46d
Supported: 5y

Package: perl-doc
Priority: optional
Section: doc
Installed-Size: 13741
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Niko Tyni
Architecture: all
Source: perl
Version: 5.22.1-9
Depends: perl (>= 5.22.1-1)
Suggests: man-browser, groff-base
Filename: pool/main/p/perl/perl-doc_5.22.1-9_all.deb
Size: 7394904
MD5sum: 83ca9ec7a4a27cc293c02a8e41e0cdd2
SHA1: 470309b2a5a3afb4cb4bd4037f0368a247c7a079
SHA256: cd7e08e57d8680fde818aecd5d3be9bc7c07d8e8d62687978444e9959fa72147
Description-en: Perl documentation
Perl manual pages, POD documentation and the `perldoc' program. If you are
writing Perl programs, you almost certainly need this.
Description-md5: 6cd25412f32c953589ef8fcaf1f5f46d
Homepage: http://dev.perl.org/perl5/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y