Do the ubuntu repo offer an conglomerate sort of perl pkgs

[Paul Smith]

On Tue, 2017-08-08 at 10:40 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote:
>   reader > apt-cache search libfile-which-perl
> 
>   libfile-which-perl - Perl module for searching paths for executable programs
>   hobbit-plugins - plugins for the Xymon network monitor
> 
> Then:
>   reader > sudo aptitude install hobbit-plugins

I think you misunderstood the command and the output.

The command "search libfile-which-perl" is asking to search for a
package "libfile-which-perl".  The output is showing two packages that
match this string, somewhere.  "hobbit-plugins" most likely matches
because it depends on the libfile-which-perl package.

You should install the package you want (libfile-which-perl) not the
one you don't want and don't know what it does (hobbit-plugins).

Run, for example:

  sudo aptitude install libfile-which-perl