How To Install perl-boolean on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-boolean on Rocky Linux 8. perl-boolean is Boolean support for Perl

Introduction

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

What is perl-boolean

Most programming languages have a native Boolean data type. Perl does not.

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

Install perl-boolean 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-boolean using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-boolean

Install perl-boolean 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-boolean using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-boolean

How To Uninstall perl-boolean on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-boolean

perl-boolean Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-boolean
/usr/share/doc/perl-boolean/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-boolean/README
/usr/share/licenses/perl-boolean
/usr/share/licenses/perl-boolean/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/boolean.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/boolean.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/boolean.pod

References

Summary

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