How To Install perl-WWW-Mechanize on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-WWW-Mechanize on Rocky Linux 8.
What is perl-WWW-Mechanize
“WWW with a website. It supports performing a sequence of page fetches including following links and submitting forms. Each fetched page is parsed and its links and forms are extracted. A link or a form can be selected, form fields can be filled and the next page can be fetched. Mech also stores a history of the URLs you’ve visited, which can be queried and revisited.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-WWW-Mechanize on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-WWW-Mechanize.
Install perl-WWW-Mechanize 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-WWW-Mechanize using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-WWW-Mechanize
Install perl-WWW-Mechanize 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-WWW-Mechanize using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-WWW-Mechanize
How To Uninstall perl-WWW-Mechanize on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the perl-WWW-Mechanize package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-WWW-Mechanize
perl-WWW-Mechanize Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/mech-dump
/usr/share/doc/perl-WWW-Mechanize
/usr/share/doc/perl-WWW-Mechanize/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-WWW-Mechanize/www-mechanize-logo.png
/usr/share/man/man1/mech-dump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/WWW::Mechanize.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/WWW::Mechanize::Cookbook.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/WWW::Mechanize::Examples.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/WWW::Mechanize::FAQ.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/WWW::Mechanize::Image.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/WWW::Mechanize::Link.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/WWW
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/WWW/Mechanize
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/WWW/Mechanize.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/WWW/Mechanize/Cookbook.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/WWW/Mechanize/Examples.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/WWW/Mechanize/FAQ.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/WWW/Mechanize/Image.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/WWW/Mechanize/Link.pm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-WWW-Mechanize on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
