How To Install perl-Sys-Syslog on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Sys-Syslog on Rocky Linux 8. perl-Sys-Syslog is Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Sys-Syslog on Rocky Linux 8.

What is perl-Sys-Syslog

Sys a string priority and a list of printf() arguments just like at syslog(3).

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

Install perl-Sys-Syslog 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-Sys-Syslog using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Sys-Syslog

Install perl-Sys-Syslog 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-Sys-Syslog using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Sys-Syslog

How To Uninstall perl-Sys-Syslog on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-Sys-Syslog package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Sys-Syslog

perl-Sys-Syslog Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/b9d70149226e86ec94982902d53ebce60f656d
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Sys
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/Sys/Syslog.pm
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Sys
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Sys/Syslog
/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Sys/Syslog/Syslog.so
/usr/share/doc/perl-Sys-Syslog
/usr/share/doc/perl-Sys-Syslog/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-Sys-Syslog/README
/usr/share/doc/perl-Sys-Syslog/eg
/usr/share/doc/perl-Sys-Syslog/eg/syslog.pl
/usr/share/man/man3/Sys::Syslog.3pm.gz

References

Summary

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