How To Install nginx-mod-http-perl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-mod-http-perl on Rocky Linux 8. nginx-mod-http-perl is Nginx HTTP perl module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-mod-http-perl on Rocky Linux 8.

What is nginx-mod-http-perl

Nginx HTTP perl module.

We can use yum or dnf to install nginx-mod-http-perl on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nginx-mod-http-perl.

Install nginx-mod-http-perl on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nginx-mod-http-perl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nginx-mod-http-perl

Install nginx-mod-http-perl on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nginx-mod-http-perl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nginx-mod-http-perl

How To Uninstall nginx-mod-http-perl on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the nginx-mod-http-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nginx-mod-http-perl

nginx-mod-http-perl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/e4bcac0fa7f31c57b1b7d50791fe4cb88334f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/56636b9d82b8ee98c7b006de274a42ed00598c
/usr/lib64/nginx/modules/ngx_http_perl_module.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/nginx
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/nginx/nginx.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/nginx.pm
/usr/share/nginx/modules/mod-http-perl.conf

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nginx-mod-http-perl on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.