How To Install perl-Archive-Peek on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Archive-Peek on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Archive-Peek is Peek into archives without extracting them

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Archive-Peek on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `perl-Archive-Peek`

This module lets you peek into archives without extracting them. It currently supports tar files and zip files.

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

Install perl-Archive-Peek 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-Archive-Peek using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Archive-Peek

Install perl-Archive-Peek 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-Archive-Peek using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Archive-Peek

How To Uninstall perl-Archive-Peek on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Archive-Peek

perl-Archive-Peek Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-Archive-Peek
/usr/share/doc/perl-Archive-Peek/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/perl-Archive-Peek/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Archive::Peek.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Archive
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Archive/Peek
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Archive/Peek.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Archive/Peek/Tar.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Archive/Peek/Zip.pm

References

perl-Archive-Peek website

Summary

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