How To Install perl-File-LibMagic on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-File-LibMagic on Rocky Linux 8. perl-File-LibMagic is Perl wrapper/interface for libmagic

Introduction

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

What is perl-File-LibMagic

The File file (4.x or 5.x) package.

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

Install perl-File-LibMagic 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-File-LibMagic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-File-LibMagic

Install perl-File-LibMagic 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-File-LibMagic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-File-LibMagic

How To Uninstall perl-File-LibMagic on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-File-LibMagic

perl-File-LibMagic Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/b76d07e906e3ab5e55b3ff58aaae47f1690dae
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/File
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/File/LibMagic.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/File
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/File/LibMagic
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/File/LibMagic/LibMagic.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-LibMagic
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-LibMagic/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-LibMagic/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-File-LibMagic/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/perl-File-LibMagic
/usr/share/licenses/perl-File-LibMagic/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/File::LibMagic.3pm.gz

References

Summary

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