How To Install perl-EV on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-EV on Rocky Linux 8. perl-EV is Wrapper for the libev high-performance event loop library

Introduction

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

What is perl-EV

This module provides an interface to libev (<http is comprehensive, one might also consult the documentation of libev itself (<http semantics or some discussion on the available backends, or how to force a specific backend with “LIBEV_FLAGS”, or just about in any case because it has much more detailed information.

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

Install perl-EV 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-EV using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-EV

Install perl-EV 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-EV using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-EV

How To Uninstall perl-EV on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-EV

perl-EV Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/b12993f6165eb0a3674dbfdd5b6b854f190d98
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/EV
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/EV.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/EV/EVAPI.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/EV/MakeMaker.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/EV/ev.h
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/EV/libev.pod
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/EV
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/EV/EV.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-EV
/usr/share/doc/perl-EV/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/perl-EV/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-EV/README
/usr/share/man/man3/EV.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/EV::MakeMaker.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/EV::libev.3pm.gz

References

Summary

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