How To Install libpurple-perl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple-perl.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libpurple-perl.x86_64 is Perl scripting support for libpurple

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple-perl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libpurple-perl.x86_64`

Perl plugin loader for libpurple. This package will allow you to write or use libpurple plugins written in the Perl programming language.

We can use yum to install libpurple-perl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpurple-perl.x86_64.

Install libpurple-perl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libpurple-perl.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpurple-perl.x86_64

How To Uninstall libpurple-perl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libpurple-perl.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libpurple-perl.x86_64

libpurple-perl.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/purple-2/perl
/usr/lib64/purple-2/perl.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/perl/Purple.pm
/usr/lib64/purple-2/perl/auto
/usr/lib64/purple-2/perl/auto/Purple
/usr/lib64/purple-2/perl/auto/Purple/Purple.so
/usr/lib64/purple-2/perl/auto/Purple/autosplit.ix
/usr/share/man/man3/Purple.3pm.gz

References

libpurple-perl.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpurple-perl.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.