How To Install perl-generators on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-generators on Rocky Linux 8. perl-generators is RPM Perl dependencies generators

Introduction

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

What is perl-generators

This package provides RPM Perl dependencies generators which are used for getting provides and requires from Perl binaries and modules.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-generators

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

sudo yum -y install perl-generators

How To Uninstall perl-generators on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-generators

perl-generators Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/perl.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/perllib.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/perl.prov
/usr/lib/rpm/perl.req
/usr/share/doc/perl-generators
/usr/share/doc/perl-generators/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-generators/TODO

References

Summary

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