How To Install perl-Net-LibIDN on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Net-LibIDN on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Net-LibIDN is Perl bindings for GNU LibIDN

Introduction

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

What is perl-Net-LibIDN

Provides perl bindings for GNU Libidn, a C library for handling Internationalized Domain Names according to IDNA (RFC 3490), in a way very much inspired by Turbo Fredriksson’s PHP-IDN.

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

Install perl-Net-LibIDN 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-Net-LibIDN using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Net-LibIDN

Install perl-Net-LibIDN 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-Net-LibIDN using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Net-LibIDN

How To Uninstall perl-Net-LibIDN on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Net-LibIDN

perl-Net-LibIDN Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/9fd07103848cf514b1c70d84e2c6b4610049fa
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Net
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Net/LibIDN.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Net
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Net/LibIDN
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Net/LibIDN/LibIDN.so
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Net/LibIDN/autosplit.ix
/usr/share/doc/perl-Net-LibIDN
/usr/share/doc/perl-Net-LibIDN/Artistic
/usr/share/doc/perl-Net-LibIDN/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Net-LibIDN/README
/usr/share/man/man3/Net::LibIDN.3pm.gz

References

Summary

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