How To Install perl-Scope-Guard on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Scope-Guard on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Scope-Guard is Lexically scoped resource management

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Scope-Guard on Rocky Linux 8.

What is perl-Scope-Guard

This module provides a convenient way to perform cleanup or other forms of resource management at the end of a scope. It is particularly useful when dealing with exceptions a subroutine that is guaranteed to be called even if the thread of execution is aborted prematurely. This effectively allows lexically-scoped “promises” to be made that are automatically honored by perl’s garbage collector.

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

Install perl-Scope-Guard 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-Scope-Guard using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Scope-Guard

Install perl-Scope-Guard 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-Scope-Guard using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Scope-Guard

How To Uninstall perl-Scope-Guard on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-Scope-Guard package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Scope-Guard

perl-Scope-Guard Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-Scope-Guard
/usr/share/doc/perl-Scope-Guard/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Scope-Guard/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Scope-Guard/t
/usr/share/doc/perl-Scope-Guard/t/guard.t
/usr/share/doc/perl-Scope-Guard/t/new.t
/usr/share/doc/perl-Scope-Guard/t/scope_guard.t
/usr/share/man/man3/Scope::Guard.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Scope
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Scope/Guard.pm

References

Summary

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