How To Install perl-Convert-Base32 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Convert-Base32 on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Convert-Base32 is Encoding and decoding of base32 strings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Convert-Base32 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is perl-Convert-Base32

This module provides functions to convert string from / to Base32 encoding, specified in RACE internet-draft. The Base32 encoding is designed to encode non-ASCII characters in DNS-compatible host name parts.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Convert-Base32 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Convert-Base32.

Install perl-Convert-Base32 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-Convert-Base32 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Convert-Base32

Install perl-Convert-Base32 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-Convert-Base32 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Convert-Base32

How To Uninstall perl-Convert-Base32 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-Convert-Base32 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Convert-Base32

perl-Convert-Base32 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-Convert-Base32
/usr/share/doc/perl-Convert-Base32/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Convert-Base32/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Convert::Base32.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Convert
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Convert/Base32.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Convert-Base32 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.