How To Install perl-CPAN-Changes.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-CPAN-Changes.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. perl-CPAN-Changes.noarch is Read and write Changes files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-CPAN-Changes.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `perl-CPAN-Changes.noarch`

It is standard practice to include a Changes file in your distribution. The purpose of the Changes file is to help a user figure out what has changed since the last release. People have devised many ways to write the Changes file. A preliminary specification has been created (CPAN to encourage module authors to write clear and concise Changes. This module will help users programmatically read and write Changes files that conform to the specification.

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

Install perl-CPAN-Changes.noarch 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 perl-CPAN-Changes.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-CPAN-Changes.noarch

How To Uninstall perl-CPAN-Changes.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the perl-CPAN-Changes.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove perl-CPAN-Changes.noarch

perl-CPAN-Changes.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/tidy_changelog
/usr/share/doc/perl-CPAN-Changes-0.20
/usr/share/doc/perl-CPAN-Changes-0.20/Changes
/usr/share/doc/perl-CPAN-Changes-0.20/README
/usr/share/man/man1/tidy_changelog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/CPAN::Changes.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/CPAN::Changes::Release.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/CPAN::Changes::Spec.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Test::CPAN::Changes.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN/Changes
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN/Changes.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN/Changes/Release.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/CPAN/Changes/Spec.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Test
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Test/CPAN
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Test/CPAN/Changes.pm

References

perl-CPAN-Changes.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-CPAN-Changes.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.