How To Install postgresql-plperl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-plperl on Rocky Linux 8. postgresql-plperl is The Perl procedural language for PostgreSQL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-plperl on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `postgresql-plperl`

The postgresql-plperl package contains the PL/Perl procedural language, which is an extension to the PostgreSQL database server. Install this if you want to write database functions in Perl.

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

Install postgresql-plperl 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 postgresql-plperl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install postgresql-plperl

Install postgresql-plperl 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 postgresql-plperl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install postgresql-plperl

How To Uninstall postgresql-plperl on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the postgresql-plperl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove postgresql-plperl

postgresql-plperl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/b45b1895995adba77fbe2cceabf49903cc23ac
/usr/lib64/pgsql/plperl.so
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-10.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-10.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-10.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-10.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-10.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-10.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-10.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-10.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-10.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-10.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-10.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-10.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-10.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/plperl-10.mo
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/plperl--1.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/plperl--unpackaged--1.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/plperl.control
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/plperlu--1.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/plperlu--unpackaged--1.0.sql
/usr/share/pgsql/extension/plperlu.control

References

postgresql-plperl website

Summary

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