How To Install perl-Pod-Plainer on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Pod-Plainer on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Pod-Plainer is Perl extension for converting Pod to old-style Pod

Introduction

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

What is perl-Pod-Plainer

Pod constructs and returns the old(er) style with just ‘C<>’; ‘<’ and ‘>’ are replaced by ‘E’ and ‘E’. This can be used to pre-process Pod before using tools which do not recognize the new style Pods.

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

Install perl-Pod-Plainer 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-Pod-Plainer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Pod-Plainer

Install perl-Pod-Plainer 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-Pod-Plainer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Pod-Plainer

How To Uninstall perl-Pod-Plainer on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-Pod-Plainer

perl-Pod-Plainer Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

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

References

Summary

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