How To Install perl-podlinkcheck on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-podlinkcheck on Rocky Linux 8. perl-podlinkcheck is Check Perl POD L<> link references

Introduction

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

What is perl-podlinkcheck

PodLinkCheck parses Perl POD from a script, module or documentation and checks that L<> links within it refer to a known program, module, or man page.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install perl-podlinkcheck

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

sudo yum -y install perl-podlinkcheck

How To Uninstall perl-podlinkcheck on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove perl-podlinkcheck

perl-podlinkcheck Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/podlinkcheck
/usr/share/doc/perl-podlinkcheck
/usr/share/doc/perl-podlinkcheck/Changes
/usr/share/licenses/perl-podlinkcheck
/usr/share/licenses/perl-podlinkcheck/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/podlinkcheck.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/App::PodLinkCheck.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/App::PodLinkCheck::ParseLinks.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/App::PodLinkCheck::ParseSections.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/PodLinkCheck
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/PodLinkCheck.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/PodLinkCheck/ParseLinks.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/App/PodLinkCheck/ParseSections.pm

References

Summary

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