How To Install perl-encoding on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-encoding on Rocky Linux 8. perl-encoding is Write your Perl script in non-ASCII or non-UTF-8

Introduction

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

What is perl-encoding

With the encoding pragma, you can write your Perl script in any encoding you like (so long as the Encode module supports it) and still enjoy Unicode support. However, this encoding module is deprecated under perl 5.18. It uses a mechanism provided by perl that is deprecated under 5.18 and higher, and may be removed in a future version. The easiest and the best alternative is to write your script in UTF-8.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-encoding

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

sudo yum -y install perl-encoding

How To Uninstall perl-encoding on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-encoding

perl-encoding Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/encoding.pm
/usr/share/doc/perl-encoding
/usr/share/doc/perl-encoding/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/perl-encoding/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-encoding/README
/usr/share/man/man3/encoding.3pm.gz

References

Summary

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