How To Install perl-App-cpanminus on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-App-cpanminus on Rocky Linux 8. perl-App-cpanminus is Get, unpack, build and install CPAN modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-App-cpanminus on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `perl-App-cpanminus`

Why? It’s dependency free, requires zero configuration, and stands alone but it’s maintainable and extensible with plug-ins and friendly to shell scripting. When running, it requires only 10 MB of RAM.

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

Install perl-App-cpanminus 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 perl-App-cpanminus using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-App-cpanminus

Install perl-App-cpanminus 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 perl-App-cpanminus using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-App-cpanminus

How To Uninstall perl-App-cpanminus on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-App-cpanminus package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-App-cpanminus

perl-App-cpanminus Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/cpanm
/usr/share/doc/perl-App-cpanminus
/usr/share/doc/perl-App-cpanminus/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-App-cpanminus/README
/usr/share/licenses/perl-App-cpanminus
/usr/share/licenses/perl-App-cpanminus/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/cpanm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/App::cpanminus.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/App::cpanminus::fatscript.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/cpanminus
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/cpanminus.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/cpanminus.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/cpanminus/Dependency.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/cpanminus/fatscript.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/cpanminus/script.pm

References

perl-App-cpanminus website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-App-cpanminus on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.