How To Install perl-IO-Socket-INET6 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Socket-INET6 on Rocky Linux 8. perl-IO-Socket-INET6 is Perl Object interface for AF_INET|AF_INET6 domain sockets

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Socket-INET6 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `perl-IO-Socket-INET6`

Perl Object interface for AF_INET|AF_INET6 domain sockets.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-IO-Socket-INET6 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-IO-Socket-INET6.

Install perl-IO-Socket-INET6 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-IO-Socket-INET6 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-IO-Socket-INET6

Install perl-IO-Socket-INET6 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-IO-Socket-INET6 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-IO-Socket-INET6

How To Uninstall perl-IO-Socket-INET6 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-IO-Socket-INET6 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-IO-Socket-INET6

perl-IO-Socket-INET6 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-INET6
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-INET6/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/perl-IO-Socket-INET6/README
/usr/share/licenses/perl-IO-Socket-INET6
/usr/share/licenses/perl-IO-Socket-INET6/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/IO::Socket::INET6.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO/Socket
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/IO/Socket/INET6.pm

References

perl-IO-Socket-INET6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-IO-Socket-INET6 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.