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

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Devel-Size on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Devel-Size is Perl extension for finding the memory usage of Perl variables

Introduction

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

What is perl-Devel-Size

This module figures out the real sizes of Perl variables in bytes. Call functions with a reference to the variable you want the size of. If the variable is a plain scalar it returns the size of the scalar. If the variable is a hash or an array, use a reference when calling.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-Devel-Size

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

sudo yum -y install perl-Devel-Size

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

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Devel-Size

perl-Devel-Size Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/b1e998d1947f19005b93ebf1aa4127496fd955
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Devel/Size.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Devel
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Devel/Size
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Devel/Size/Size.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-Devel-Size
/usr/share/doc/perl-Devel-Size/CHANGES
/usr/share/man/man3/Devel::Size.3pm.gz

References

Summary

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