How To Install perl-Devel-Peek on CentOS 8

perl-Devel-Peek is A data debugging tool for the XS programmer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Devel-Peek on CentOS 8.

What is perl-Devel-Peek

Devel manipulated from a Perl script. This is used by those who do XS programming to check that the data they are sending from C to Perl looks as they think it should look.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Devel-Peek on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Devel-Peek.

Install perl-Devel-Peek on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Devel-Peek using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Devel-Peek

Install perl-Devel-Peek on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Devel-Peek using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Devel-Peek

How To Uninstall perl-Devel-Peek on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the perl-Devel-Peek package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Devel-Peek

perl-Devel-Peek Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/c75ba9a50427a95c095431f0624624babba36b
/usr/lib64/perl5/Devel
/usr/lib64/perl5/Devel/Peek.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/auto/Devel
/usr/lib64/perl5/auto/Devel/Peek
/usr/lib64/perl5/auto/Devel/Peek/Peek.so
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::Peek.3pm.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Devel-Peek on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.