How To Install perl-Devel-REPL on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Devel-REPL on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Devel-REPL is Modern perl interactive shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Devel-REPL on Rocky Linux 8.

What is perl-Devel-REPL

This is an interactive shell for Perl, commonly known as a REPL - Read, Evaluate, Print, Loop. The shell provides for rapid development or testing of code without the need to create a temporary source code file. Through a plugin system, many features are available on demand. These plugins are available Completion CompletionDriver CompletionDriver DDC DDS Interrupt LexEnv MultiLine Nopaste PPI Refresh The plugins are available in standalone RPM packages. For example the MultiLine

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

Install perl-Devel-REPL 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-Devel-REPL using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Devel-REPL

Install perl-Devel-REPL 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-Devel-REPL using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Devel-REPL

How To Uninstall perl-Devel-REPL on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Devel-REPL

perl-Devel-REPL Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/re.pl
/usr/share/doc/perl-Devel-REPL
/usr/share/doc/perl-Devel-REPL/CONTRIBUTING
/usr/share/doc/perl-Devel-REPL/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Devel-REPL/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Devel-REPL/examples
/usr/share/doc/perl-Devel-REPL/examples/dbic_project_profile.pl
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Devel-REPL
/usr/share/licenses/perl-Devel-REPL/LICENCE
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Overview.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::B::Concise.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::Colors.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::Commands.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::CompletionDriver::Globals.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::CompletionDriver::LexEnv.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::CompletionDriver::Methods.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::CompletionDriver::Turtles.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::DumpHistory.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::FancyPrompt.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::FindVariable.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::History.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::OutputCache.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::Packages.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::Peek.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::ReadLineHistory.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::ShowClass.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::Timing.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Plugin::Turtles.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::REPL::Profile.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Error.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Meta
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Meta/Plugin.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Overview.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/B
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/B/Concise.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/Colors.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/Commands.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/CompletionDriver
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/CompletionDriver/Globals.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/CompletionDriver/LexEnv.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/CompletionDriver/Methods.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/CompletionDriver/Turtles.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/DumpHistory.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/FancyPrompt.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/FindVariable.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/History.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/OutputCache.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/Packages.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/Peek.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/ReadLineHistory.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/ShowClass.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/Timing.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Plugin/Turtles.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Profile
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Profile.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Profile/Default.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Profile/Minimal.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Profile/Standard.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/REPL/Script.pm

References

Summary

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