How To Install perl-Encode-Locale on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Encode-Locale on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Encode-Locale is Determine the locale encoding

Introduction

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

What is perl-Encode-Locale

In many applications it’s wise to let Perl use Unicode for the strings it processes. Most of the interfaces Perl has to the outside world is still byte based. Programs therefore needs to decode byte strings that enter the program from the outside and encode them again on the way out.

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

Install perl-Encode-Locale 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-Encode-Locale using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Encode-Locale

Install perl-Encode-Locale 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-Encode-Locale using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Encode-Locale

How To Uninstall perl-Encode-Locale on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Encode-Locale

perl-Encode-Locale Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

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

References

Summary

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